Wahi a MiningWeekly e kuhikuhi ana iā Reuters, ua hōʻike ka ʻikepili aupuni o Pilipine ʻoiai ke hoʻopilikia nei ka maʻi ahulau Covid-19 i kekahi mau papahana, e hoʻonui mau ʻia ka hana nickel o ka ʻāina ma 2020 mai 323,325 tons i ka makahiki i hala a i 333,962 tons, he piʻi ʻana o 3%. Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo aʻo ka Philippine Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources e kū nei ka ʻoihana mining i ka kānalua i kēia makahiki.
I ka makahiki 2020, he 18 wale nō o nā 30 mau lua nikala ma kēia ʻāina ʻAsia Hikina Hema i hōʻike i ka hana ʻana.
"E hoʻomau ka maʻi ahulau Covid-19 i ka makahiki 2021 i ka hoʻoweliweli i ke ola a me ka hana ʻana, a aia nō nā mea kānalua i ka ʻoihana mining," wahi a ke Kuhina o Geology a me Minerals o Pilipino i loko o kahi ʻōlelo.
Ua koi ʻia nā ʻoihana mining e hōʻemi i nā hola hana a me nā limahana ma muli o nā kapu hoʻokaʻawale.
Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai nickel o ka honua a me ka holomua o ka lāʻau pale ʻana, e hoʻomaka hou nā ʻoihana mining i nā mines a hoʻonui koke i ka hana ʻana, a e hoʻomaka pū i nā papahana hou.