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A downturn in the mining industry could see Perth property prices fall.

The iron-clad reason this investor thinks Perth house prices will fall in 2025

If iron ore prices suddenly plunge, then the WA economy and its housing market could turn on a dime with little warning, according to some experts.

  • Sarah Brookes

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AFR, BHP Nickel West  Mount Keith, WA

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.

  • Simon Johanson and Peter Milne
The Ravensthorpe nickel mine in southern WA has been sold after being shut down by BHP Billiton during the financial crisis.

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.

  • Peter Milne
A worker taps into the copper stream at BHP’s Olympic Dam.

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.

  • Simon Johanson
US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy.

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.

  • Marion Rae
BHP was dual-listed on the London Stock Exchange following its merger with Billiton in 2001.

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.

  • Simon Johanson
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Nickel’s Ukraine war induced price surge is benefiting global miners with a stake in the stainless steel ingredient such as BHP and Vale.

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.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Australia is the world’s largest exporter of alumina, the mineral feedstock for aluminium production, with the industry contributing about $7.5 billion to the nation’s bottom line.

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.

  • Simon Johanson and Colin Kruger
Global nickel prices have slumped.

Thousands of jobs at risk as BHP takes $10b hit on nickel slump, Samarco

The global collapse of nickel prices and rising costs related to the 2015 Samarco dam disaster has forced the Australian mining giant to write down the value of its operations.

  • Simon Johanson
IGO’s Cosmos nickel mine in WA.

Indonesian nickel boom claims another WA mine, and hundreds of jobs

Battery minerals specialist IGO will close its Cosmos nickel mine in WA’s Goldfields before it is fully complete, slashing 400 jobs.

  • Peter Milne and Simon Johanson

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