A cewar MiningWeekly da ke ambato daga Reuters, bayanan gwamnatin Philippines sun nuna cewa duk da annobar Covid-19 da ta shafi wasu ayyuka, yawan sinadarin nickel da kasar ke samarwa a shekarar 2020 zai karu daga tan 323,325 a shekarar da ta gabata zuwa tan 333,962, wanda hakan ya nuna karuwar kashi 3%. Duk da haka, Ofishin Kula da Kasa da Albarkatun Ma'adinai na Philippines ya yi gargadin cewa har yanzu masana'antar hakar ma'adinai na fuskantar rashin tabbas a wannan shekarar.
A shekarar 2020, ma'adanai 18 kacal daga cikin 30 na nickel a wannan ƙasar da ke kudu maso gabashin Asiya ne suka bayar da rahoton samarwa.
"Annobar Covid-19 a shekarar 2021 za ta ci gaba da jefa rayuwa da samar da kayayyaki cikin haɗari, kuma har yanzu akwai rashin tabbas a masana'antar hakar ma'adinai," in ji ma'aikatar ilimin ƙasa da ma'adanai ta Philippines a cikin wata sanarwa.
Takunkumin killace mutane ya tilasta wa kamfanonin hakar ma'adinai rage lokutan aiki da kuma yawan ma'aikata.
Duk da haka, hukumar ta ce tare da hauhawar farashin nickel na ƙasashen duniya da kuma ci gaban allurar riga-kafi, kamfanonin haƙar ma'adinai za su sake fara haƙar ma'adinai tare da haɓaka samar da kayayyaki cikin sauri, kuma za su fara sabbin ayyuka.