Article: Lonmin's faulty main furnace will cost an extra $1.2m to repair.(Business Report)

Article: Lonmin furnace closure to cost 5-10,000 oz platinum
Yorkshire Post;  July 7, 2008 ;     479 words ... ... after it temporarily shut down a furnace for repairs. Lonmin said today it had resumed normal ... completing repairs to its No.1 furnace and that it would defer the ... of the waffle coolers of the furnace. Lonmin, with its main listing in London ...

Article: Lonmin rumour furnace blows hot air.
Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content;  September 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Xstrata would like to do something with its Lonmin stake. But a full bid is unlikely right now Lonmin shares were up as much as 25 per cent in ... Xstrata-tries-platinum-pickup-with-Lonmin.jsp took a 24.9 per cent stake in the ...

Article: Lonmin hit by furnace accident.
Investors Chronicle;  January 30, 2003 ;     441 words ...A furnace accident just after Christmas has hit production at platinum miner Lonmin. An explosion at the newly-opened Western Platinum ... not expected to reopen this year, partly because Lonmin will use the closure to make other modifications ...

Article: lonmin.(Business Report)
The Star (South Africa);  July 24, 2009 ;     308 words ...A rebuild of Lonmin's largest furnace would take 40 days, the third ... a partial rebuild of the No 1 furnace at Marikana, which was temporarily ... repairs were not successful, Lonmin added. The furnace would operate at a reduced capacity ...

Article: Lonmin halted by smelter failure.
Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content;  June 17, 2009 ;     561 words ... ... following a leakage from the furnace last Sunday of matte ... production of this shutdown, Lonmin has started up its three smaller Pyromet furnaces, which are expected ... inspection of the Number One furnace once temperatures cool ... can be investigated. Lonmin would not comment on ...

Article: A world stage: global factors are pushing platinum group metals ...
Recycling Today;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... hampered by the temporary shutdown of London-based Lonmin's largest furnace at the Marikana, South Africa, mine because of a ... January 2007. For its fiscal year ending September, Lonmin should attain its production target of 1 million ounces ...

Article: Lonmin smelter blow
Yorkshire Post;  July 8, 2008 ;     376 words ... ... it temporarily shut a furnace for repairs Lonmin said yesterday it had ... completing repairs to its No 1 furnace and that it would defer ... down the troublesome furnace for repairs after discovering ... in a waffle cooler. Lonmin, with its main listing ...