Monday, 16 July 2007

Lonmin Shares Plunge After Company Defers Platinum Sales After Breakdown

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of Lonmin Plc fell the most
since at least 1999 after the platinum producer cut its sales
forecast following a breakdown at one of its plants that
prompted it to delay deliveries of the metal.

Sales of as much as 90,000 ounces of platinum, or about a
10th of its production, will be delayed until the next financial
year starting Oct. 1, the company said today in a statement.
Lonmin said in May it would process stockpiled ore to make up
the shortfall following the December furnace leak.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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