African Mining Houses' Response to COVID-19
While some mining houses are closing and sending their workers home, others are paying their employees while they go on COVID-19 lockdown as ordered by various governments on the African continent, but some are remaining open.
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South Africa:
Amplats and Implats Declare Forces Majeures, Employees to Be Paid During Lockdown
Daily Maverick, 30 March 2020
Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum have had to declare force majeure on some contracts. Most South African mining companies are probably in the same boat during the 21-day… Read more »
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Angola:
Covid-19 Forces Catoca Mining Society to Release Workers
ANGOP, 30 March 2020
The Catoca Mining Society releases most of its workers and the shutdown the new mine concessions in the framework of the preventive measures against the coronavirus (Covid-19). Read more »
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South Africa:
Lockdown Explained By Govt - Part 3 - Mining, Arts and Communications
Daily Maverick, 26 March 2020
Cabinet Ministers on Wednesday continued a series of briefings unpacking how South Africa's national lockdown, commencing at midnight on Thursday, will work. Ministers from the… Read more »
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South Africa:
Most Mining Stops, but Old King Coal Rolls On
Daily Maverick, 26 March 2020
Covid-19 has not rendered coal a fossil of the past, thanks to Eskom's heavy reliance on it. Some mining and processing linked to coal will continue to support 'limited economic… Read more »
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