The hot money chasing battery metals has found its way to Western Australian nickel miner Western Areas.
Western Areas, which has been carrying on like a company in takeover defence mode for the past month, is understood to be in the crosshairs of a deep-pocketed suitor, with fingers pointing to the acquisitive IGO Ltd as the most logical candidate.
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