PNIA: nickel industry shows resilience

THE Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) is optimistic that the nickel sector's resilient growth amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic will continue, especially after the lifting of the ban on new mineral agreements paving the way for new mining projects in the Philippines.

"Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the country's nickel industry remained resilient with a reported increase of 4 percent in production growth and 22 percent in export value citing a comparison of year-on-year data for 2019 and 2020 as posted in a recent report of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)," PNIA President Atty. Dante Bravo said in a statement on Thursday.