"The phone has not stopped ringing" because "demand has exploded", said Alessandro Soldati, boss of Gold Avenue,
the online retail arm of Swiss refiner and ingots producer MKS PAMP Group.

「電話が鳴りやまないよ。需要がアb九初的に上がってんだ」

At the same time, South Africa on Monday imposed a three-week lockdown,
as the African continent's top gold producer grapples with COVID-19.

"The industry as a whole is affected" by lockdowns at key facilities,
Omar Liess told AFP.

現物のオーダーが多いんだけど、都市封鎖の影響があったりして
なかなか顧客に届かないんだとか。