Ngokutsho kweMiningWeekly ecaphula iReuters, idatha karhulumente wasePhilippines ibonisa ukuba nangona ubhubhane weCovid-19 uchaphazele ezinye iiprojekthi, imveliso ye-nickel yelizwe ngo-2020 isaza kunyuka ukusuka kwiitoni ezingama-323,325 kunyaka ophelileyo ukuya kwiitoni ezingama-333,962, ukunyuka kwe-3%. Nangona kunjalo, iPhilippine Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources ilumkisile ukuba ishishini lezemigodi lisajongene nokungaqiniseki kulo nyaka.
Ngowama-2020, yimigodi eli-18 kuphela kwezingama-30 ze-nickel kweli lizwe laseMzantsi-mpuma Asia ebike ukuba iveliswe.
“Ubhubhane we-Covid-19 ngo-2021 uza kuqhubeka ubeka ubomi kunye nemveliso emngciphekweni, kwaye kusekho ukungaqiniseki kwishishini lezemigodi,” utshilo uMphathiswa weJiyoloji kunye neziMbiwa wasePhilippines kwingxelo.
Imiqathango yokuzahlula inyanzelise iinkampani zemigodi ukuba zinciphise iiyure zokusebenza kunye nabasebenzi.
Nangona kunjalo, le arhente ithe ngokunyuka kwamaxabiso e-nickel kumazwe ngamazwe kunye nokuqhubela phambili kogonyo, iinkampani zemigodi ziza kuqalisa kwakhona imigodi kwaye zinyuse imveliso ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ziza kuqalisa neeprojekthi ezintsha.