{"id":1195258,"date":"2020-07-12T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1029462"},"modified":"2020-07-12T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T13:39:00","slug":"mining-companies-have-not-left-mexico-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1195258","title":{"rendered":"Mining companies have not left Mexico \u2013 officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mining companies operating in Mexico have continued to invest in their operations, according to the Economy Secretariat\u2019s Undersecretary of Mining Francisco Quiroga Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p>Talking at the virtual conference \u201cMining Reactivation in the Face of the New Normal,\u201d organized to celebrate Miner\u2019s Day in Mexico, Quiroga Fern\u00e1ndez said that the covid-19 pandemic did not force local or foreign companies to shut down permanently or cancel projects, as most of those projects are conceived for 10 to 15-year terms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignright wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Reactivaci\u00f3n de la Miner\u00eda ante la Nueva Normalidad: Conferencia Digital\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/galbOvKJuHI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><figcaption>Francisco Quiroga Fernandez moderated the conference \u2018Mining Reactivation in the Face of the New Normal.\u2019 Governors from mining states and companies shared their individual and joint efforts to reactivate the country\u2019s industry.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the government official, even though exploration has sunk and production is expected to fall by 16% in 2020, mining activities are gradually recovering. In his view, \u2018gradually\u2019 is the keyword, as it is important that the sector\u2019s reactivation is done following strict health and safety guidelines that give no room for possible setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>About 70% of mineworkers have gone back to work, while 30% of mine personnel that have the ability to work from home are still doing so, NGO Mexico Minero <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicominero.org\/2020\/07\/10\/conmemoraran-dia-del-minero-con-conferencia-virtual\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Together with the paced reactivation of the mining sector, Quiroga Fern\u00e1ndez expects also to be able to kickstart infrastructure projects in a number of communities that surround mining operations. His office is counting on a Mining Fund that currently holds some $75.8 million from special levies charged to mining companies between 2015 and 2018.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Undersecretary of Mining also said that he expects a positive push for the industry following the launching of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/us-to-re-impose-tariffs-on-aluminum-imports-from-canada\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement<\/a>, which formally replaced NAFTA last week.<\/p>\n<p>In his view, the signing of the deal sends a positive message to investors as it implies that Mexico\u2019s mining sector is aligned with productive chains in both Canada and the US.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though mining output is expected to fall by 16% in 2020, and exploration has sunk, officials say mining activities are gradually recovering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[369,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195259,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195258\/revisions\/1195259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1195258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1195258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}