Platinum group metal miner Lonmin has said unspecified industrial action by members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has affected production at its Marikana operations in South Africa.

Lonmin announced today (May 20th) that it is currently experiencing "unprotected" industrial action by NUM members at the Karee operations of its Marikana operations.

As a result, the firm said, production at Karee has been disrupted since the night shift of Tuesday May 17th.

"Lonmin management has been informed by the NUM Rustenburg regional office that they have suspended the leadership of the NUM Karee branch, a decision which the NUM Karee branch leadership is disputing and which has resulted in this industrial action," the miner said in a statement.

NUM regional office representatives are attempting to resolve the matter, Lonmin added, saying that the employees have been notified in writing that their activity is unprotected.

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Lonmin says output disrupted at South Africa mine (20/05/11) 

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