By Daniel Ramos
By Daniel Ramos
LA PAZ, March 27 (Reuters) – Bolivia’s San Cristóbal mine, an enormous desposit of zinc, lead and silver, has suspended operations after the nation imposed robust guidelines to halt the unfold of coronavirus, its operator Minera San Cristóbal mentioned in an announcement on Friday.
The corporate, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japana’s Sumitomo Company 8053.T, mentioned it will impose a “momentary suspension of the manufacturing and export of concentrated zinc, lead and silver minerals” following the federal government measures.
Bolivia’s interim authorities mentioned earlier this week it will lengthen an compulsory quarantine interval till mid-April, shut the nation’s border and tighten additional the motion of individuals in mild of the worldwide pandemic.
Minera San Cristóbal added in an announcement posted on Twitter that the transfer got here “within the face of the unfold of the COVID-19 virus, and as a precaution for the well being and lifetime of staff.”
The open-pit mine is positioned in Bolivia’s Potosí division close to the border with Chile, and is the supply of about half of the landlocked nation’s mining exports.
A skeleton crew of staff was finishing the final exports Friday and finishing up upkeep work, the operator mentioned.
(Reporting by Daniel Ramos; Writing by Adam Jourdan and Tom Brown)
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