Another WA nickel domino has fallen to the ongoing price bloodbath as 530 local roles from the Ravensthorpe mine get wiped out.
Adrian Rauso and Simone Grogan
The State’s nickel producers are falling apart at the seams but a junior explorer has managed to cut a potentially huge deal with two of Japan's industrial giants.
Marion Rae and Adrian Rauso
A nickel explorer has formed a joint venture with two of Japan's industrial giants as Australia's allies move to secure long-term supplies of battery minerals.
Marion Rae
WA’s nickel producers are not budging from their depressed state, despite a key benchmark for the battery metal flirting with the $US20,000 per tonne barrier.
Adrian Rauso
BHP Group is considering making an improved proposal for Anglo American PLC after its $US39 billion ($59.7b) initial offer was rejected by the London-listed miner, according to people familiar with the matter.
Dinesh Nair and Thomas Biesheuvel
Anglo American has told BHP it needs to fork out more if it wants the British mining giant’s prized copper mines.
The World Bank expects iron ore prices to stay above the crucial $US100 ($153) a tonne mark despite subdued demand for steel, with the forecast at odds with gloomy predictions made by many analysts.
Cheyanne Enciso
The Ravensthorpe nickel mine ran a $US22 million loss during its first quarter under a leaner operating model, as ailing nickel prices and high running costs put “significant pressure” on margins.
Simone Grogan
Corporate giants Glencore and Wesfarmers are big beneficiaries of a $330 million funding initiative by the Albanese Government for clean energy projects.
Chalice Mining has reworked the grade and size of its flagship nickel-copper-platinum elements deposit in Toodyay, a move tipped to make the mine more resilient to weak commodity prices and bring costs down.
Chalice Mining’s Toodyay green metals mine will be put through a full-blown assessment by the State’s Environmental Protection Authority following a deluge of public pushback.
WA’s environmental adjudicator has been bombarded with hundreds of submissions demanding high-level scrutiny of Chalice Mining’s proposed nickel-copper-platinum elements mine north of Perth.
BHP says a decision on the fate of its WA nickel assets is still a few months away as it continues to assess their longer-term viability amid a market beaten down by a flood of cheap supply from Indonesia.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy has taken a veiled swipe at the state-owned Chinese mining companies in Indonesia squeezing WA nickel producers out of the market.
The number of external administrations is now at a record high, with mining among the sectors posting a huge increase in business failures amid a nickel price bloodbath.
WorkSafe says asbestos levels at BHP Nickel West’s Mt Keith nickel operation do not exceed safe limits, but independent testing suggests otherwise.
Chalice Mining is steadfast that a mission to find a partner for a massive new nickel-copper-platinum group elements project on the cusp of a State Forest is progressing, despite a year going by with no luck.
Another wave of pain is set to wash over WA’s floundering nickel miners with Indonesia set to expand its supply stream of the metal.
BHP is seemingly trimming its nickel operations as much as possible before making a decision on the continued existence of Nickel West.
A tenement tug-of-war between two beleaguered mining heavyweights is on the precipice of being decided by a 50/50 lucky dip.
BHP, the world’s largest miner, has reportedly stood down around a quarter of the workers constructing its West Musgrave nickel and copper project in WA.
Georgina McKay
BHP boss Geraldine Slattery says Australia needs to find its competitive edge again, with decades spent relying solely on bountiful iron ore discoveries and natural gas for prosperity now firmly in the past.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed options to support the beleaguered nickel industry are still under consideration – but stopped of committing to a rescue package in the upcoming Federal Budget.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Macquarie strategists believe the worst of a jarring nickel price bust that has cost jobs and mines in WA could be over.