South African miners hold emergency meetings amid coronavirus lockdown
By IM Staff
Published: Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Mining companies in South Africa are in emergency meetings after the country’s president ordered a three-week lockdown amid the spread of novel coronavirus (2019-nCov).
By Janie Davies, Jon Stibbs
The order means all mines and furnaces will shut down after
midnight on Thursday March 26 unless they can operate
remotely.
A number of sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday that they
think mass force majeure declarations are inevitable.
"There will be announcements late today; we...