Hukumar kula da ma’adanai ta Afirka ta Kudu ta fada a ranar Litinin cewa sake fasalin masana’antar rukunin karafa na kasar (PGM) na iya haifar da raguwar ayyuka tsakanin 4,000 zuwa 7,000.
Ma’aikatan hakar ma’adinan PGM na Afirka ta Kudu na kara tattaunawa kan bukatar sake fasalin abubuwan da ba su da amfani sakamakon faduwar farashin kayayyaki da tsadar kayayyaki, in ji majalisar a farkon taron zuba jari a Indaba na Afirka a birnin Cape Town.
Majalisar ma’adinai ta ce bangaren, wanda ya dogara ne kan masu kera motoci da ke amfani da karafa don dakile hayakin da ke cikin injinan mai, na fuskantar “babban rashin tabbas” yayin da duniya ke kokarin samun makamashi mai tsafta a fannin sufuri.
Babban mai samar da PGM na duniya Afirka ta Kudu yana da wasu tsoffin ma’adinan platinum na duniya, waɗanda suke da tsada don aiki, musamman lokacin da farashin ƙarfe ya yi ƙasa.
Farashin palladium da platinum sun fadi da kashi 40% da kuma 15% a bara, musamman saboda raunin da ake bukata a kasar Sin.
Kuɗin wutar lantarki da kuɗin aiki na lissafin yawancin kuɗin da masu hakar ma’adinai na PGM suka yi, in ji Majalisar Ma’adinai a cikin wata sanarwa.
“Saboda haka, fitattun masu hakar ma’adinai na PGM daban-daban suna sake fasalin ayyukansu wanda zai iya tasiri tsakanin ayyuka 4,000 zuwa 7,000,” in ji shi.
Sibanye Stillwater (SSWJ.J), ya buɗe sabon shafin, babban mai ba da aikin hako ma’adinai a Afirka ta Kudu, ya ce shirin sake fasalinsa, wanda zai iya ganin ya rufe rassan PGM guda huɗu masu yin asara, na iya haifar da asarar ayyuka 4,095.
Impala Platinum (IMPJ.J), ya buɗe sabon shafin ya kuma ce yana ba da rangwamen ayyukan sa kai ga ma’aikata a ayyukanta na Afirka ta Kudu.
Anglo American Platinum (AMSJ.J), ya buɗe sabon shafin, babban mai samar da PGM a duniya ta hanyar ƙima, ya ce yana nazarin tsarin farashi don ci gaba da samun riba.
Reuters/Ladan Nasidi
