News Articles for BHP Nickel West

Mincor Resources is expecting first cash-flow from its Kambalda nickel operations restart in the June quarter after firming up the details of an offtake agreement with BHP Nickel West.

BHP Nickel West has signed a 12-year deal with Italian renewables company Enel Group to source wind power from the under-development Flat Rocks Wind Farm.

Mincor Resources' ambitions to resume nickel production by the June quarter have progressed after delivering its first nickel ore to BHP Nickel West's Kambalda concentrator.

Indigenous contractor Cundaline has secured work on a major solar and battery project in the Northern Goldfields to power BHP's nickel mining operations.

BHP is mounting a legal claim against Western Areas after it was forced to fork out more than $1 million in compensation because of an alleged insurance bungle.

Engineering and construction company Monadelphous has secured new contracts and extensions with mining majors BHP and Rio Tinto, worth about $110 million.

WA producers poised to ride a lift in export volumes of refined chemicals, but it won't all be smooth sailing.

Fallout from WA's strained labour market has delayed the start of an offtake agreement between BHP Nickel West and Mincor Resources, setting back first production by three months.

A Perth research institute focused on battery industries has signed up a consortium of companies, government agencies and universities to build a cathode precursor production pilot plant.

BHP has commenced production at Australia's first nickel sulphate plant after a protracted development phase that saw up-front costs more than double.

The mining industry is turning green, but ‘old' sectors like gold and iron ore are still attracting keen support.

Electric vehicles will account for a quarter of all light-duty vehicle sales by 2030, underpinning strong growth in demand for nickel, BHP has predicted.

TransAlta will build a $73 million solar and battery project in the Northern Goldfields to power BHP Nickel West, helping the miner cut carbon for battery products.

BHP has appointed a mining executive who has spent most of her career at Rio Tinto as the new asset president for its Nickel West business.

WA's role in the electric vehicle supply chain has received a big boost, with BHP Nickel West announcing a deal with carmaker Tesla.

BHP chief executive Mike Henry has declared the mining giant is in great shape after a strong quarterly report showed good results on production and costs.

Mincor Resources has secured $55 million in funding from two banks to progress the restart of its Kambalda nickel operations, expected early next year.

Mining giant BHP has signed an agreement with the operator of Western Australia's largest solar farm to supply half of the electricity needs at its Kwinana nickel refinery.

Chemical producer Coogee and corporate advisory firm Lisle Group have joined more than a dozen mining and engineering firms on a state government taskforce targeting future battery industries.

Demand for electric vehicles has given BHP's nickel business a new lease of life.

A new road planned for the Rockingham Industry Zone will unlock 73.5 hectares of industrial land.

UPDATED: Seven companies including Woodside, BHP and ATCO Australia have been shortlisted to share in the next stage of ARENA's $70 million Renewable Hydrogen Development Funding.

BHP Nickel West has invested in a new growth opportunity by acquiring the Honeymoon Well development project from Russia's Norilsk Nickel, which is exiting Australia.

An Aboriginal group that gets most of its funding from BHP Nickel West has launched a Federal Court claim it says will guide compensation negotiations with native title holders across the country.

There are five major commodities mined in WA that have substantial downstream processing. Credit for most of the value adding can be attributed to investment decisions taken decades ago, as Mark Beyer reports.

An array of companies, from blue chip miners to SMEs, is pursuing downstream processing of WA's battery minerals, despite the sharp downturn in the lithium market.

Forrestfield-based Babylon Pump & Power has secured a three-year power generation and dewatering contract with BHP Nickel West.

First Quantum Minerals has reached a new milestone as it moves closer to re-opening its Ravensthorpe nickel project, while fellow nickel miner Western Areas has signed new offtake contracts with BHP and Jinchuan.

EcoGraf, formerly Kibaran Resources, has signed a letter of intent with GR Engineering Services for its proposed battery graphite facility in Kwinana, which is budgeted to cost just more than $100 million.

Engineering group Monadelphous has secured several new construction and maintenance contracts, including three with BHP, worth a combined value of around $110 million.

OPINION: Nickel West's turnaround story is one of corporate vision, teamwork, loyalty and a strategy to revive a business slated to perish.

Magnis Energy Technologies has unveiled the feasibility study for Australia's first battery manufacturing plant near Townsville, which could put a dent in Western Australia's ambition to establish the country's primary battery minerals processing and manufacturing hub.

Eddy Haegel has made a career breathing new life into struggling assets at BHP, including the revival of the mining giant's nickel business; sharing his story at a Business News breakfast today, he was also bullish about the potential to develop more downstream processing of battery minerals in WA.

AusGroup has been awarded two major contracts, one of which is valued at $6 million for further work on BHP's South Flank iron ore project.

AusGroup has been awarded a three year maintenance and shutdown support contract by BHP Nickel West covering its Mt Keith, Leinster, Kwinana and Kalgoorlie operations.

Kibaran Resources has welcomed state government support in the development of its planned graphite plant, one of several potential projects in Kwinana's emerging 'battery valley'.

BHP has announced a record final dividend of 78 US cents a share but the global miner's underlying profit has narrowly fallen short of expectations.

There's cause for optimism about the potential to manufacture battery components in Western Australia in the long term, according to BHP Nickel West asset president Eddy Haegel.

Mincor Resources is moving closer towards a revival of its nickel operations after it acquired the Long mine from Independence Group for up to $9.5 million and announced a capital raising.

BHP Group will retain its Nickel West business, with a potential expansion of the company's WA nickel operations likely to generate a higher return, with higher risk, than the Scarborough LNG development.