verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message impala platinum holdings limited type public traded as jse imp lse ipla otcqx impuy industry platinum headquarters johannesburg south africa revenue r26 .121 billion zar number of employees 53 000 website www.implats.co.za impala platinum holdings limited implats is in the business of mining refining and marketing of platinum group metals pgms as well as nickel copper and cobalt . 1 in the 2009 financial year implats produced 1.7 moz of platinum approximately 25 % of global supply and 3.4 moz of pgms . 2 the group employs approximately 53 000 people including contractors across its operations and is one of the most efficient and lowest cost primary platinum producers in the world . 2 the company is listed on the johannesburg stock exchange and the lse . 2 in march 2011 the government of zimbabwe implemented laws which required local ownership of mining companies ; following this news there were falls in the share prices of companies with mines in zimbabwe including implats . 3 in late january 2014 thousands of employees belonging to impala platinum and other platinum mines in south africa went on strike demanding a basic salary of r12 500 1 180 . this is the same salary for which striking miners were shot and killed by the south african police service saps in 2012 . most of the miners belonged to the miners union amcu which south african politician and commander in chief of the economic freedom fighters had vowed to sponsor in order to allow the miners to continue striking . the platinum miners were mainly based in marikana the town in which malema jump started his political party and gained popularity with most of the miners . it is estimated that the miners lost a minimum r10 billion in salaries due to their strike which lasted more than five months . striking miners attacked other miners that were caught going to work accusing them of betraying the revolution . the strike the longest in the history of south africa ended in late june 2014 when the mineworkers union signed a 3 year settlement deal with impala platinum and the other platinum mine owners which saw the lowest paid workers whose basic salary was less than r12 500 increased by r1 000 95 a month for two years and by r950 per month in the third year . the agreement also ensured no platinum worker would earn less than r8 000 as a basic salary . 4 external links edit impala platinum holdings limited references edit http www.implats.co.za implats company profile.asp a b c http www.implats.co.za implats downloads 2009 annual report ar f implats ar09.pdf implats aquarius fall on zimbabwe indigenisation news . mining journal . retrieved 2011 03 30 . platinum mine workers in south africa return to work . africa leader . retrieved 25 june 2014 . v t e major mining companies methodology fy2010 11 revenues of over us 5 billion aluminum corporation of china anglo american anglo american platinum anglogold ashanti antofagasta barrick gold bhp billiton codelco freeport mcmoran glencore xstrata goldcorp hindalco industries impala platinum the mosaic company newcrest mining newmont mining norilsk nickel potash corporation of saskatchewan rio tinto shenhua southern copper vale mining companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title impala platinum & oldid 682098184 categories mining companies of south africacompanies listed on the johannesburg stock exchangeplatinum mining companiespalladium mining companieshidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2015 at 14 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view