Mining sector to lose nearly R100bn in production and wages to Covid-19
The difficulties of sending thousands of workers underground is compounded by the need for social-distancing and a sanitary workplace
28 May 2020 - 13:10
SA’s mining industry could lose up to R80bn in revenue and the workforce another R16bn in forgone wages to the country’s lockdown to curtail the spread of Covid-19.
The Minerals Council SA estimates that 2020 full-year production would be up to 10% below that of 2019 after the government closed the economy on March 27, and has only gradually reopened key sectors since then...
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