MAAARING tumaas ang total nickel mine production ngayong taon ng 17.14 porsiyento sa three-year high na 410,000 metric tons (MT) sa likod ng magandang lagay ng panahon, ayon sa London-based brokerage Sucden Financial Ltd. (Sucden Financial).
Sinabi ng Sucden Financial Head of Research Geordie Wilkes, na inaasahan nila ang 60,000 MT pagtaas sa total nickel mine output ng bansa ngayong taon mula sa 350,000 MT noong 2017.
“Mine output was lower in 2017 predominantly due to weather in the Philippines. Whilst the ban had an impact there is evidence to suggest that the prevailing reason for the decline was the poor weather and technical issues,” aniya.
“Therefore, with better weather we would expect to see an improved mine output. This is because the ban only impacts new projects,” dagdag pa niya.
Aniya, ang Filipinas ay nagpoprodyus ng nickel sa anyong nickel ore o nickel-in-intermediate.
“The suspension on nickel mines would continue this year then it would have an impact on the country’s total nickel mine output this year,” sabi pa ni Wilkes.
“We believe a suspension on nickel mines would have impact total output this year.”
“We do not have figure for how much this would be if the suspension is continued, however, in our opinion we would anticipate output to be towards the lower end of the range specific of the back of last year’s 33 percent fall.”
Ang nickel mine production ng bansa noong 2017 ay bumagsak sa seven-year low na 230,000 MT makaraang suspendihin ng pamahalaan ang ilang mining operations, ayon sa report mula sa United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Sa preliminary data na ipinalabas ng USGS ay lumitaw na ang total nickel mine output ng bansa noong 2017 ay bumaba ng 33.71 porsiyento mula sa 347,000 MT na naitala noong 2016.
Ito ang pinakamababang nickel mine output ng bansa magmula noong 2012, nang ang produksiyon ay umabot sa 424,000 MT volume.
“The largest decrease in production took place in the Philippines, owing to the continued suspension of as many as one-half of the country’s mining operations for failing to meet environmental standards,” sabi ng USGS sa annual report nito na may titulong “Mining Commodities Summaries 2018”. JASPER ARCALAS
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