Map shows global mining “relatively unscathed” by pandemic
No large-scale industry operates in quite as far flung and remote locations as mining does, which increases the potential of the pandemic to significantly impact global metal and mineral supply chains. A new report by management consultants PwC says the global mining industry “managed to weather the first phase of the crisis relatively unscathed”: “Global supply chains have proven highly effective in driving down the cost of mining, as has a focus on hyper-efficiency, lean principles...
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