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Ravensthorpe jobs to be slashed

THE nickel price plunge has impacted another Western Australia-based miner with Ravensthorpe operator First Quantum Minerals announcing it will stop mining and move to processing existing stockpiles, under a new three-year operating model.

 Job losses at Ravensthorpe

Job losses at Ravensthorpe

As forecast in Australia's Mining Monthly last week, the Ravensthorpe operation is often a bellwether of the fortunes of the Australian nickel industry and one of the first to be shuttered should the price...

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