The company, which employs 100,000 staff worldwide, will slash about 6,000 operational jobs and 900 corporate and overhead jobs.
Amplats’ initial plan in 2012 to cut 14,000 jobs as part of restructuring was scaled back to 6,000 as per a revised business proposal, following criticism from the government and unions.
Amplats CEO Chris Griffith said, "We are at a critical stage of the process and this restructuring will be a crucial step to enable us to return to profitability and to focus capital allocations on our mines that are best placed to sustain the business and create employment opportunities over the long term."
One month notice period for affected employees will commence on 1 September 2013.
