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Australian nickel miner on track despite bushfire impact

Australian nickel miner Western Areas ended 2019 with a “consistent” December quarter despite the miner being enmeshed in the country’s high-profile bushfires, and expects to end the financial year strongly thanks to two offtake contracts on improved terms.

Haydn Black
A local Thorny Devil spotted by Western Areas in the Mt Gibb and Hatters Hill surveys in Western Australia

A local Thorny Devil spotted by Western Areas in the Mt Gibb and Hatters Hill surveys in Western Australia

Managing director Dan Lougher said the company's mines at Flying Fox and Spotted Quoll were Australia's highest grade nickel mines, and some of the lowest-cost mines in the world, a combination that allowed...

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