Nickel West

BHP reported reduced production across most of its Australian operations for the September quarter as the company underwent planned maintenance.

BHP is on the decarbonisation hunt at Olympic Dam, announcing it will enter renewable energy supply arrangements with Iberdrola to reduce its emissions at the South Australia copper-uranium mine.

BHP has created the Green Electric Vehicle Ecosystem with two major Japanese businesses to supply nickel sulphate for more sustainable EV batteries.

BHP has produced the first nickel sulphate crystals from its Kwinana nickel sulphate plant south of Perth in Western Australia. 

BHP has set itself to expand production by 40 per cent at its Mount Keith nickel mine in Western Australia, with a new SAG mill, flotation technology and two new Liebherr excavators.

BHP has planned to install two solar farms and a battery storage system to power the Mt Keith and Leinster mines at its Nickel West operations in Western Australia.

BHP will supply Tesla with nickel from its Nickel West asset in Western Australia in a collaboration which will aim to make the battery supply chain more sustainable.

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BHP will progress to phase three of its minerals targeting agreement with SensOre after receiving encouraging outcomes from a discovery exercise.

BHP and Toyota have joined forces to trial light electric vehicles (LEV) at the Nickel West operations in Western Australia.

Monadelphous has secured around $60 million worth of construction and maintenance contracts with Rio Tinto and BHP across their Australian iron ore, bauxite and nickel projects.

BHP has hired SensOre to target mineral deposits that support the Nickel West operations in Western Australia after months of discussion.

Western Areas has awarded offtake contracts to BHP Nickel West and Jinchuan for the high grade Forrestania nickel concentrate product.

BHP expects that a diversified commodity portfolio combined with increased access to technology will drive the company’s balance sheet as it grapples with growing global uncertainty.

BHP’s operational improvements in the 2019 financial year have been offset by poor weather, resource headwinds and unplanned outages.

BHP is accelerating the development of its Nickel West division ahead of expected growth in demand driven by the electric vehicle sector.

Mincor has completed the final drafting of its offtake agreement with BHP Nickel West regarding material from Mincor’s Kambalda nickel sulphide business.

In recent memory and even today, nickel has predominately been used to drive the rapid modernisation of developing economies, most notably China and India.

BHP has indicated it will keep the Nickel West business in Western Australia as the company looks to capitalise on the emerging global battery market.

BHP Billiton Nickel West proposal to build and operate a nickel sulphide mine near Leinster in Western Australia has been approved by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).