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Old 22nd Mar 2020, 22:22
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Originally Posted by Icarus2001
I did wonder when sitting in a 100 seat jet flying to a mine site would be deemed as undesireable as sitting in the fresh air at Bondi beach. Or going to your local pub, cafe etc. So are the mines going into care and maintenance?
Geoffrey Thomas (your decision on whether you trust him) wrote an article yesterday stating that mining companies will keep a reduced FIFO schedule going with some ad hoc charter. There is also a thought from mining companies to keep a spare seat between pax for distancing which would increase the amount of flights required?

BHP is putting on 1500 casual employees for the next 6 months to preserve the integrity of their operations. It looks like China is conducting an infrastructure stimulus to restart their economy, so Iron Ore at least should be in demand.
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