Ngokusho kweMiningWeekly ecaphuna abeReuters, imininingwane kahulumeni wasePhilippine ikhombisa ukuthi yize ubhubhane lweCovid-19 luthinta amaphrojekthi athile, ukukhiqizwa kwe-nickel yezwe ngo-2020 kusazokhuphuka kusuka kumathani angama-323,325 ngonyaka owedlule kuye kumathani angama-333,962, okuwukunyuka kwama-3%.Nokho, iPhilippine Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources ixwayise ngokuthi imboni yezimayini isabhekene nokungaqiniseki kulo nyaka.
Ngo-2020, ziyi-18 kuphela kwezimayini ze-nickel ezingu-30 kuleli zwe eliseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ezibike ukukhiqizwa.
"Ubhubhane lwe-Covid-19 ngo-2021 luzoqhubeka nokubeka impilo nokukhiqiza engcupheni, futhi kusenokungaqiniseki embonini yezimayini," kusho isitatimende soMnyango Wezomhlaba kanye Nezimbiwa ePhilippine.
Imikhawulo yokuhlukaniswa kwabantu iphoqe izinkampani zezimayini ukuthi zehlise amahora okusebenza kanye nabasebenzi.
Kodwa-ke, le nhlangano ithe ngokwenyuka kwamanani entengo ye-nickel yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuthuthuka kokugoma, izinkampani zezimayini zizoqala kabusha izimayini futhi zikhuphule ngokushesha ukukhiqizwa, futhi zizoqala namaphrojekthi amasha.