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Nickel mining in Western Australia has been an industry that has had many fluctuations of fortune in its history. Large fluctuations in the world nickel price [2] have seen mines close and reopen on several occasions. Nickel mining is the sixth largest commodity sector in Western Australia with a value of $4.946 billion in 2021–22. The ...
The mining leases were predominantly with Mincor Resources which had intermittently mined the former WMC workings. In 2023, Wyloo Metals acquired Mincor Resources. Kambalda was the first nickel mine in Western Australia. The mine also caused an international dispute between Singapore and Australia over nuclear waste disposal when a caesium-137 ...
The Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine is a nickel mine and hydrometallurgical processing plant located at Bandalup Hill, 35 km (22 mi) east of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. Built by BHP Billiton , it was closed in January 2009, after less than a year of operation due to a collapse in the price of nickel.
Forrestania Operation is an underground nickel mine at Forrestania, 80 kilometres (50 mi) east-southeast of Hyden, in the Shire of Kondinin, Western Australia.. The mine, which consists of two deposits, Flying Fox and Spotted Quoll, is operated by IGO Limited, having taken over the previous owner, Western Areas, in 2022.
Satellite image of the Cosmos Nickel Mine on 14 October 2022. Cosmos Nickel Mine is a currently inactive surface and underground nickel mine 38 km (24 mi) north-north-west of Leinster, Western Australia, along the Goldfields Highway. The traditional owners of the land the mine is located on are the Tjiwarl people. [citation needed]
Mount Keith Mine is an open pit nickel mine in Western Australia.It is operated by BHP.The site's closest landmark is the town of Wiluna, 85 km (53 mi) to the north.. The mine, originally opened in 1995, is operated by BHP and part of its Nickel West operations.
Nickel mining is the sixth largest commodity sector in Western Australia with a value of A$4.946 billion in 2021–22. The 147,190 tonnes sold in that year accounted for 5.5 percent of the world's nickel production and 100 percent of all nickel produced in Australia.
The nickel deposit at Leinster was discovered in 1971 by Western Selcast. [2] To develop this asset, the Agnew Mining Company was formed in 1974, of which 60 percent were owned by Western Selcast and 40 percent by MIM Holdings, and development of the mine started in 1976, with underground mining commencing in 1978 in what was then referred to as the Agnew Mine.