Nickel Mining In Western Australia
IGO buys Western Areas for $1.1bn
IGO has acquired Western Areas and added some of the highest-grade nickel mines in Australia to its portfolio. The major miner acquired 100 per cent of Western Areas via a scheme implementation deed (SID) for $3.36 per Western Areas share, valuing the company at $1.096 billion.
Nickel
Western Australia is currently the sole producer of nickel in Australia and accounts for seven per cent of the world's production. The state's nickel resources consist of both …
Five largest nickel mines in Australia in 2020
Here are the five largest nickel mines by production in Australia, according to GlobalData's mining database. 1. Murrin Murrin Mine. The Murrin Murrin Mine is a …
Minara
Wholly owned by Glencore, we are one of Australia's largest nickel and cobalt producers. Our Murrin Murrin operation is located about 880 kilometres east of Perth in the north-eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia, responsibly producing high grade, refined nickel and cobalt.
Australia: Five Largest Nickel Mines in 2021
Mount Keith Mine in Western Australia, was the largest nickel-producing mine in Australia, producing approximately 38.6 thousand tonnes of nickel and an estimated 8.7 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa) of Run-of-Mine (ROM) in 2021. The Mount Keith Mine is owned by BHP, and is due to operate until 2037. The second largest nickel …
FIRB green-lights Japanese investment in Ardea nickel plan
Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has given its approval for a powerful Japanese consortium consisting of Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsubishi …
BHP to temporarily halt nickel operations in Australia
Mining giant BHP has announced the temporary suspension of its Western Australia Nickel operations, including the Nickel West operations and the West Musgrave project from October 2024.
Indonesia and China killed the nickel market
Cheap Indonesian nickel, controlled by China and dumped on the market, has collapsed nickel prices and forced global mine closures.
Latest statistics release
Mineral Titles Online (MTO) Title details of mineral exploration and mining tenements throughout Western Australia About Access; ... The value of nickel sales was $4.7 billion – down almost one-quarter from some of the highest levels in the last 15 years.
Nickel | Geoscience Australia
Western Australia has the largest nickel resources with 96% of total Australian resources, contained within nickel sulfide and lateritic nickel deposits. Queensland is the second largest with 4.5% (lateritic nickel), followed by Tasmania with 0.2%. Currently, all nickel is accessible for mining.
The next nickel players in Australia
Mincor Resources is focused on re-establishing sustainable high-grade nickel production from its Kambalda project in Western Australia. Between 2001–16, …
Nickel Stocks in Western Australia | INN
Western Australia is a key Australian jurisdiction when it comes to nickel. Find out which major nickel stocks in Western Australia investors should watch.
Nickel miners could pay less to mine in Western Australia …
Nickel miners could pay less to mine in WA, as the government holds crisis talks with the resources industry as mines shut and hundreds of jobs are lost.
First Quantum to shut down Ravensthorpe nickel mine
The Canadian miner cited higher operation costs and lower nickel price forecast amid reasons for the closure of the Western Australia mine.
Poseidon Nickel
Poseidon Nickel Limited (ASX Code: POS) is a nickel sulphide exploration and development company with three projects located within a radius of 300km from Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields region of Western Australia and a resource base of over 420,000 tonnes of nickel and 180,000 ounces of gold.
Savannah Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project
A high quality, long-life, nickel sulphide asset. The Savannah Nickel-Copper-Cobalt M ine, located in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia is a sulphide rich nickel, copper and cobalt orebody, hosted by the layered mafic-ultramafic Savannah Intrusion.
BHP to acquire new nickel tenements in Western Australia
Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market nickel business. All nickel operations (open-cut and underground mines, concentrators, a smelter and refinery) are located in Western Australia, with the majority of production sold as high quality nickel metal to overseas markets.
Poseidon Nickel
Poseidon Nickel Limited (ASX Code: POS) is a nickel sulphide exploration and development company with three projects located within a radius of 300km from …
Nickel Mining Stocks Listed in Australia Updated: Aug 13, …
Comprehensive list of Nickel stocks companies listed in Australia, including company profiles, charts, stock quotes, news and user commentary.
The five largest nickel mines in operation in Australia
The Spotted Quoll Mine, owned by IGO, is an underground mine located in Western Australia. The mine produced an estimated 7.33 thousand tonnes of nickel in …
ASX Nickel Stocks: 5 Biggest Companies | INN
Lunnon Metals is an exploration company operating in Western Australia's Kambalda nickel district. Lunnon owns a portfolio of four past-producing nickel mines at the Kambalda nickel project ...
Column: Australia gives nickel a quick fix, but surgery of …
BHP Group, the world's largest mining company, said on Feb. 15 it will record a $2.5 billion non-cash impairment charge on its nickel business in Western …
BHP halts Western Australia nickel mines
BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) is halting its Western Australia nickel operations starting in October, as the world's largest miner struggles to navigate …
Western Australia Nickel to temporarily suspend …
BHP announces that the Nickel West operations and West Musgrave project (Western Australia Nickel) will be temporarily suspended from October 2024. BHP intends to review the decision to temporarily suspend Western Australia Nickel by February 2027.
Western Australia Nickel to temporarily suspend operations
suspend mining and processing operations at the Kwinana nickel refinery, Kalgoorlie nickel smelter and Mt Keith and Leinster operations and the development of …
BHP to expand nickel operations to meet soaring demand
New mines. BHP is also set to decide on at least one new mine on tenements picked up from Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel when it exited Australia last year. The company is working on many fronts.
Wyloo shuts down WA nickel mines
Wyloo will temporarily shut down the Western Australian nickel mines it obtained through its acquisition of Mincor Resources.
Nickel to be placed on critical minerals list, giving miners …
Federal Resources Minister Madeline King says she will put nickel on the critical minerals list, allowing nickel miners to apply to access a $4 billion fund.
NiWest Nickel-Cobalt Project, located in Western Australia
The NiWest nickel-cobalt project is located approximately 55km east of Leonora in the northeastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. The project is located adjacent to Glencore's Murrin Murrin Nickel-Cobalt Operation, in …
Column: Australia gives nickel a quick fix, but surgery of …
Australia is throwing a lifeline to its under pressure nickel mining sector, but the solution on offer is more of a band aid than the needed major surgery, the carving of the global nickel ...
BHP halts Western Australia nickel mines
BHP halts Western Australia nickel mines on weak prices, glut. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2024 | 3:58 am Battery Metals Markets Top Companies Australia Nickel . Nickel West headquarters.
BHP considers closing WA Nickel, flags impairments
Diversified mining major BHP is considering closing its Western Australia Nickel operations, amid the sharp fall in prices, the company announced on Thursday. BHP is considering placing Nickel ...
BHP considers closure of Nickel West operations that …
Nickel West employs about 3,300 workers in WA, including mines at Leinster and Mt Keith in the northern Goldfields, the Kalgoorlie nickel smelter, Kambalda nickel concentrator and its Kwinana ...
Odysseus Project, Cosmos Nickel Complex, Australia
Odysseus project is a nickel sulphide redevelopment project in Western Australia. The nickel mine is owned by Western Areas.
Australian Nickel Mining
Where is Nickel mined in Australia? Historically, nickel produced at the Zeehan field in Tasmania was high grade. The rise in nickel mining is attributed to the Kambalda region in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Nickel ore grades in the 1960s had 4% nickel but within a decade the nickel ore grade in Australia fell to 2%.
West Musgrave Copper and Nickel Project, Australia
The West Musgrave Project is an open-pit copper and nickel sulphide mine located in the Musgrave Province of Western Australia.
Nickel West | BHP
Nickel West is a part of our Minerals Australia business, with its various locations around WA situated on the traditional lands of the Tijwarl and Wiluna, Untiri Pulka, Ngadju, the Traditional Owners of Kalgoorlie and Gnarla Karla Boodja peoples.
Nickel · Mining and Energy Western Australia · Exhibitions
These measures made Western Australia one of the lowest cost producers of nickel in the world. In 2015, nickel was Western Australia's fourth most valuable mineral sector, worth $3.2 billion. By 2016, however, the price of nickel fell, causing 70% of the nation's nickel producers to run at a loss, leading to redundancies and mine closures.
Odysseus Nickel Mine, Leinster, Western Australia
The Odysseus nickel mine is an underground mine located within the high-grade Cosmos nickel operation in Western Australia.