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