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FIRB green-lights Japanese investment in Ardea nickel plan

FIRB green-lights Japanese investment in Ardea nickel plan

Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board has approved a Japanese consortium’s link-up with Ardea Resources to develop the Goongarrie Hub nickel play in WA.

  • by Craig Nolan

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PM disappointed with BHP nickel shutdown: ‘We’ll be holding them to account’
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PM disappointed with BHP nickel shutdown: ‘We’ll be holding them to account’

BHP has promised to offer redeployment to 1600 front-line staff after closing its WA nickel despite help offered by the state and federal governments.

  • by Simon Johanson and Peter Milne
Ardea launches DFS drilling for giant WA nickel play

Ardea launches DFS drilling for giant WA nickel play

Ardea Resources has kicked off DFS drilling planned to stretch 51,745m at the Kalgoorlie nickel project it now shares with a giant Japanese consortium.

  • by Craig Nolan
Ardea nickel testwork brings bank balance boost

Ardea nickel testwork brings bank balance boost

Ardea Resources’ high-tech mineral processing method has boosted the nickel-cobalt inventory at its Kalgoorlie-based project and earned it a $1.1 million grant.

  • by Craig Nolan
When money talks, historic WA Goldfields still delivers

When money talks, historic WA Goldfields still delivers

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Iceni Gold. Other “WA Budget week” runners include Alliance Nickel, OZZ Resources and Caprice Resources.

  • by Michael Philipps
WA job losses: 330 more nickel jobs go, this time at Ravensthorpe
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WA job losses: 330 more nickel jobs go, this time at Ravensthorpe

The torrent of cheap nickel from Indonesia has claimed more Australian jobs with Canadian miner First Quantum to put its WA mine into care and maintenance.

  • by Peter Milne
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Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook

Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook

Copper is shaping up as a star for the mining giant, as it edges closer to making a final call on its nickel business in West Australia.

  • by Simon Johanson
Australian mining ‘under assault’ from China, US ambassador says

Australian mining ‘under assault’ from China, US ambassador says

America’s national security and the health of the planet depended on commodities managed by Australia, Caroline Kennedy told Paydirt Battery Minerals Conference in Perth.

  • by Marion Rae
In $8.6b blow, BHP’s profit is decimated by nickel woes, Samarco

In $8.6b blow, BHP’s profit is decimated by nickel woes, Samarco

Mining giant BHP has taken a big hit to its half-year profit after writing down its WA nickel operations and setting more money aside to deal with its Samarco mine disaster in Brazil.

  • by Simon Johanson
The big money shift: How BHP is getting ready for the future

The big money shift: How BHP is getting ready for the future

A dig into the mining giant’s numbers tells quite a story about the significant changes it has made to how it is spending the vast volumes of cash it is generating.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Blindsided: The crash that rocked boardrooms and Australia’s wealthy investors

Blindsided: The crash that rocked boardrooms and Australia’s wealthy investors

Nickel was a rising star of Australia’s battery-driven green energy mining boom, but then events in Indonesia changed everything.

  • by Simon Johanson and Colin Kruger

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