Queensland Nickel
Clive Palmer keeps everyone guessing on nickel refinery ownership
An obscure Swiss group says it’s developing the controversial Queensland Nickel refinery, but state or local governments are in the dark.
- by Anne Hyland
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Clive Palmer, the $1.5b bid and the mystery Swiss group with WA mining stakes
Zero Carbon Investek, which has still to confirm if it has raised the $1.5 billion to buy Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel refinery business, also has investments in strategic mineral assets in Western Australia.
- by Anne Hyland
Clive Palmer’s companies gain port access for Queensland nickel refinery
Last month, an obscure Swiss-based syndicate agreed to buy the refinery from the controversial billionaire for about $1.5 billion, but it has still to secure funding.
- by Anne Hyland
Opinion
Investing
More questions than answers on Clive Palmer’s $1.5b nickel deal
The Foreign Investment Review Board will want to ascertain the true underlying beneficial owners of the Zero Carbon Investek group before it recommends their deal to buy Clive Palmer’s Queensland nickel refinery.
- by Anne Hyland
‘Join the joyride’: the mystery syndicate behind Clive Palmer’s nickel payday
A former stockbroker with links to Andrew Forrest, and a former president of CPA Australia are among the syndicate behind the $1.5b deal to acquire Palmer’s mothballed nickel refinery.
- by Anne Hyland
China’s ‘unhappy’ magnetite marriage to Clive Palmer to face ultimate test
One of the most poisonous commercial relationships in Australian history will go on trial, as the ‘for better or worse’ elements of the $18 billion Sino Iron project in WA’s Pilbara get scrutinised.
- by Aja Styles
Clive Palmer ordered to pay $102 million to Queensland Nickel liquidators
The court ordered Palmer’s company Mineralogy repay Queensland Nickel, which collapsed under Palmer’s ownership in 2016.
- by Toby Crockford
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Clive Palmer
Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel traded while insolvent
Clive Palmer thwarts liquidators' bid to claw back $100 million over his failed Queensland Nickel refinery, despite a judge finding it had traded while insolvent.
- by Aaron Bunch
Clive Palmer faces fresh criminal charges from corporate watchdog
ASIC this month laid four charges against Mr Palmer for dishonestly gaining an advantage and dishonestly using his position as the director of a corporation.
- by Matt Dennien
Queensland council says Palmer firms owe $2.5m in unpaid bills
Rates and charges relating to land where Queensland Nickel's Yabulu refinery sits and a property at Black River haven't been paid since 2016, a spokesman said.
- by Sonia Kohlbacher
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Clive Palmer
Palmer pledges $400m to reopen collapsed refinery in 2020
But a Queensland government minister responded by saying the billionaire should report on negotiations "instead of his usual shenanigans".
- by Lydia Lynch and Aaron Bunch
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