LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Sibanye-Stillwater plans to shutloss-making production at Lonminwhen it takesover the platinum miner, the chief financial officer ofSibanye's U.S region said."We will not cross-subsidise loss-making production acrossthe portfolio," Justin Froneman said at the BloombergIntelligence Precious Metals Forum in London."If we've got ounces that aren't covering their costs theywill be taken out... we have to do that. We can't let ourshareholders absorb those kind of expenses." (Reporting by Zandi Shabalala and Peter Hobson; editing byJason Neely)
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