Chris Griffith, CEO of the world's largest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), says he's not losing any sleep about coming wage talks.The platinum belt, which North-West University politics professor Andr� Duvenhage recently described as "probably the most volatile environment in the country", is bracing itself for tough negotiations around a three-year wage deal.Memories of the prolonged and violent strike that accompanied wage talks in 2014, two years after Griffith took over and cost the industry more than R24bn, are still painfully fresh.Speaking from London while attending the annual Platinum Week gathering of industry players and investors, Griffith said he didn't share concerns around the looming wage negotiations."I'm not losing sleep about those. Every two or three years they come around and we've got to go through that process. We're doing preparations about what we can afford."Earnings have been boosted by a weak rand and a rally in palladium and rhodiu...
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