COVID-19 impact on mining and metals industry mergers and acquisitions 2020
The results of a survey of mining and metals executives on April 9, 2020 showed that a 33.8 percent share of the survey respondents stated that the COVID-19 pandemic had caused all merger and acquisitions activities for these industries to be on hold as of April 2020. A 21 percent share of the survey respondents saw this time as an opportunity to gain market share.