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Australia’s richest man walks into a nickel bar

Australia’s richest man walks into a nickel bar

Andrew Forrest is making a big bet on nickel for the second time in his career.

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He’s the richest man in Australia, but when Andrew Forrest walked into the Nickel Bar of the Kambalda Hotel no one could put a name to the face.

It was a quiet Wednesday night with a few locals drinking at a bar once known as the Swinging Arms. It earned the name because a lot of punches were thrown over the years in what may be the roughest and toughest pub in Western Australia.

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Brad Thompson
Brad ThompsonReporterBrad Thompson writes across business and politics from Western Australia for The Australian Financial Review. Brad is based in our Perth bureau. Connect with Brad on Twitter. Email Brad at brad.thompson@afr.com

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