18 May

South Africa’s Impala Platinum has temporarily suspended operations at its Marula operation in Limpopo province after it identified 19 Covid-19 positive cases. Of these cases, 14 were identified as the result of proactive testing of employees returning to work. One of the remaining five was identified as a primary contact and the remaining four were identified through contact tracing. Two of the active cases had recently returned from the Eastern Cape.

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China’s Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining has started processing gold ore from its Sepon mine in Laos three months ahead of schedule, despite the Covid-19 outbreak. This marks the first time the project has produced gold in almost six and a half years. Reuters reported that the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted investors to pile into the safe-haven precious metal. The company said in a statement on its website that finished gold can be produced in early June.

Ecuador’s National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) has issued a favourable opinion for the restart of mining activities in the country, with the approval of the Biosecurity Prevention Protocol for the Mining Sector in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision will allow start of the process to reactivate mining operations in all phases in the next few days. This is expected to re-establish around 33,000 direct employment places and 100,000 indirect employment places.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is set to organise a digital conference on 21 May in partnership with Finnish-Russian digital solutions provider Zyfra for the mining sector. As part of a series of web-based seminars to support the industry, the countries will brainstorm on emerging industry 4.0 and mining sector in the world after Covid-19, The Economic Times reported. The webinar will focus on the mining industry.

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