Platinum producer Lonmin slashes costs, mainly by cutting jobs January 28, 2016 Farmworkers casualties of shifts in food business, government policies General More than 1,000 jobs at three Northern Cape mines at riskPosted by admin Netwerk24 reports that job losses of more than 1,000 posts at three iron ore mines in the Kathu area of Northern Cape are foreseen as three mining companies announced that they were going to undertake restructuring. Source: Latest News