A cewar kamfanin MiningWeekly da ke ambaton Reuters, bayanan gwamnatin Philippines sun nuna cewa duk da annobar Covid-19 da ta shafi wasu ayyuka, yawan nickel da kasar ke samarwa a shekarar 2020 har yanzu zai karu daga ton 323,325 a shekarar da ta gabata zuwa tan 333,962, karuwar kashi 3%.Sai dai hukumar kula da yanayin kasa da albarkatun ma'adinai ta Philippines ta yi gargadin cewa har yanzu masana'antar hakar ma'adinai na fuskantar rashin tabbas a bana.
A cikin 2020, 18 ne kawai daga cikin ma'adinan nickel 30 a cikin wannan ƙasa ta Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya sun ba da rahoton samarwa.
"Cutar Covid-19 a cikin 2021 za ta ci gaba da yin barazana ga rayuwa da samarwa, kuma har yanzu akwai rashin tabbas a masana'antar hakar ma'adinai," in ji Ma'aikatar Geology da Ma'adinai ta Philippine a cikin wata sanarwa.
Ƙaddamar da keɓancewa ya tilasta wa kamfanonin hakar ma'adinai rage lokutan aiki da ma'aikata.
Sai dai hukumar ta ce sakamakon hauhawar farashin nickel na kasa da kasa da kuma ci gaban alluran rigakafin, kamfanonin hakar ma'adinai za su sake farfado da ma'adinan da sauri, sannan kuma za su fara sabbin ayyuka.