Workforce absenteeism arising from the Covid-19 Omicron variant is anticipated to continue, the miner says
Mining giant BHP joined rival Rio Tinto on Wednesday in warning of further disruptions from Covid-19, including labour shortages, and said the effects of the Omicron variant would last into the second half of its financial year.
The mineral-rich state has maintained a hard line on border controls during the pandemic, while a surge of Omicron cases across Australia has caused a dearth of workers in mines as well as train drivers to transport millions of tonnes of commodities. "Workforce absenteeism arising from the Covid-19 Omicron variant is anticipated to continue into the early part of the second half of the 2022 financial year," the company said.
Still, BHP’s second-quarter iron ore production from Western Australia rose 5% to 73.9-million tonnes, helped by a strong performance at its Jimblebar mine and ramped up production at its $3.6bn South Flank project.
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