Wahi a MiningWeekly e haʻi ana iā Reuters, hōʻike ʻia ka ʻike aupuni o Pilipo ʻoiai ʻo ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19 e pili ana i kekahi mau papahana, e piʻi mau ana ka hana nickel o ka ʻāina i 2020 mai 323,325 tons i ka makahiki i hala a hiki i 333,962 tons, he piʻi o 3%.Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Philippine Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources e kū nei ka ʻoihana mining i ka maopopo ʻole i kēia makahiki.
I ka makahiki 2020, he 18 wale nō o nā mines nickel 30 ma kēia ʻāina ʻo Asia Hema i hōʻike i ka hana.
"ʻO ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19 i 2021 e hoʻomau i ka hoʻoweliweli i ke ola a me ka hana ʻana, a aia nō ka maopopo ʻole i ka ʻoihana mining," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Philippine Ministry of Geology and Minerals ma kahi ʻōlelo.
ʻO nā palena kaʻawale i koi aku i nā ʻoihana mining e hōʻemi i nā hola hana a me nā limahana.
Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai nickel honua a me ka holomua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, e hoʻomaka hou nā ʻoihana mining i nā mines a hoʻonui wikiwiki i ka hana, a e hoʻomaka pū i nā papahana hou.