Lonmin is the third largest primary producer of Platinum in the world, producing over 900,000 ounces of Platinum and a similar number of ounces of the other Platinum group metals such as Palladium and Rhodium. Its operations are located in the district of Marikana, near Rustenberg, in the North West Province of South Africa.

            Red = 25 day moving average.           Green = 200 day moving average.

SALES PER ACTIVITY (Data as of 30/09/2005)

Platinum extraction: 100%

Looks like Glencore is following Lonmin's footsteps...

5p by xmas.

This used to be one of my best trading shares! Where to now I wonder?

Took a punt on this today.

Well done oily .

Indeed well done oily. I am still cautious given the strength of the bounce in many of these shares, yes, they were massively o/sold but there are still serious fundamental problems with debt/profitability ratios...so some sort of back-tracking could yet happen.

I agree splat I rode KAZ and GLEN for a while and still hold some KAZ from higher up but am waiting to see where they settle ,tricky one .
I had this on watch but it escaped me .

LMI gaining another few percent this afternoon .

India is forging ahead.. Industrial output 6.4 percent against 4.8 expected and 4.1 previous month.

Many currencies have been recovering over last week... No downward pressure as some suggested

This and GLEN coming off a bit today KAZ stayed strong so far ....

Currently in auction -17%.

Goldman Sachs Neutral 38.38 96.00 30.00 Reiterates

Make that 23% now !!

Edit ,all over the place .

Great trading share that's all.

If you have the Cojones
Same as GLEN and KAZ worth buying if there is a savage drop .

StockMarketWire.com
Lonmin plans to raise $400m in a rights issue and expects to achieve a unit cost of production of approximately ZAR10,339 per PGM ounce for the year ended 30 September.

It says this is well within the original guidance of ZAR10,800 per PGM ounce.

Lonmin says it has taken action to mitigate the effects of the current low PGM pricing environment and capital expenditure for the year has also been tightly controlled.

On an unaudited basis, Lonmin's capital expenditure for the year ended 30 September 2015 was US$136 million, compared with its original guidance of US$250 million.

On an unaudited basis, net debt as at 30 September 2015 amounted to US$185 million, compared to US$282 million as at 31 March 2015. The board and executive management have reviewed the Group's business and capital structure and developed the Business Plan in order to be able to deal effectively with the effects of a continuation of the current low PGM pricing environment.

The Business Plan will accelerate the implementation of Lonmin's published strategy to control costs, reduce capital expenditure and enable decisive measures to be taken. The Business Plan aims to achieve positive cash flow after capital expenditure in the current low PGM pricing environment while preserving the ability of the Group to increase its production as and when PGM prices improve.

The Board intends to raise approximately $400 million in gross proceeds through a rights issue and, at the same time, enter into amended debt facilities with its lending banks for a total of $370 million, maturing in May 2020, conditional on credit committee approvals, on full documentation being agreed, on the Group raising a further US$400 million in new equity funding and other customary provisions. The Amended Debt Facilities will replace the existing debt facilities commitments which as at 30 September 2015 were approximately US$543 million and which are maturing in May and June 2016.

What price will it be issued at?

Citigroup reiterates neutral on Lonmin, target cut from 34p to 28p.

With rights at 1p plenty of overhang at the moment

BA Merrill Lynch's view:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch pointed out that securing this funding was key to the group's near-term outlook as it will not be able to refinance its debt with lender unless the rights issue is approved by shareholders.

Merrill said its 'neutral' view on the stock is due to the overhang of potential equity funding in the near term, given the tough operating environment.

"Despite this overhang, we think the operating trends are encouraging. In addition, the business is highly geared to a recovery in metal prices (in line with our base case)."

I'll stay clear for the moment, as I have no faith in anyone on this management team bar perhaps the guy brought in to sort out the finances.

Glad i stayed out of this one ....
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Lonmin Plc

Share Sub-division, Admission of Nil Paid Rights and listing of and trading in Letters of Allocation

Lonmin Plc ("Lonmin") announces that, following the passing of all resolutions at the General Meeting on 19 November 2015, the Sub-division of Lonmin's ordinary shares is expected to become effective on the London Stock Exchange at 8.00 am (London time) today, and on the JSE at 9:00am (Johannesburg time) today. There will be no change to the number of Lonmin ordinary shares in issue as a result of the Sub-division, although the nominal value of each ordinary share will be reduced to $0.000001. Applications have been made to the FCA, the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Ltd for the Sub-division to be reflected on the Official List and Lonmin's listings on each exchange.

Pursuant to the Rights Issue announced on 9 November 2015, Lonmin also announces that the admission of 26,997,717,400 New Shares to the Premium Segment of the Official List and to trading, nil paid, on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities is expected to take place at 8.00 am (London time) today, and listing of and trading in Letters of Allocation on the JSE on a deferred settlement basis is expected to take place at 9:00am (Johannesburg time) today.

Definitions used in the Prospectus dated 9 November 2015 shall have the same meanings when used in this announcement, unless the context requires otherwise.