Nickel
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.
- by Peter Milne and Simon Johanson
Latest
Nickel miners explore for taxpayer dime to ease industry pain
WA’s troubled nickel sector is pleading for government help to withstand a price slump caused by booming production from Indonesia.
- by Peter Milne
Updated
Andrew Forrest
Forrest’s nickel closure forces BHP to shut WA processing plant
Lower prices are crushing Australia’s $5 billion nickel sector with BHP to close an ore processing plant after major customer Wyloo Metals announced mine shuts.
- by Peter Milne
BHP looks at cost cuts as nickel prices dive
The miner may write down the value of its WA nickel business after the price of the steel-making ingredient plunged by almost a quarter over the past 12 months.
- by Peter Milne
Race for critical minerals boom to test government’s mettle
Australia is joining the United States to tackle China’s dominance in key green commodities. But the government faces tough choices to help local industry.
- by Mike Foley
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
Chasing copper: Rio Tinto says steel production in China at saturation point
The mining giant says growth in iron ore demand will come from India and other countries in Asia.
- by Simon Johanson
Critical minerals players seek support to compete globally
Producers want government help to set up precincts with an industrial ecosystem to drive down costs.
- by Peter Milne
Nickel miner Mincor seeks better offer after Forrest bids $760m
Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals wants to absorb WA nickel miner Mincor as the sector boosted by battery demand consolidates.
- by Peter Milne
Opinion
Opinion
Metal mystery: The inside story of a bizarre $856m scandal
One of the world’s biggest and most sophisticated trading houses thought it was funding a deal for 25,000 tonnes of valuable nickel. There was just one problem.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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