Aim- and TSX-listed Atalaya Mining on Monday confirmed that operations had resumed at its Proyecto Riotinto copper mine, in Spain, after the mining department of Junta de Andalucía clarified that mining operations supplying other essential industries should continue to operate.
Atalaya stopped operations at Proyecto Riotinto on March 30, in response to the Spanish government’s royal decree, which declared mining a nonessential industry. The royal decree was put in place to increase the national protective measures against Covid-19 and prevents workers in nonessential industries from attending their places of work.