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Jobs go as BHP cuts WA operations

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney : Australia | 10 months ago

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The company this morning announced it would sack 2100 employees and contractors at its WA nickel operations and take an additional $US1.6 billion in write downs on its disastrous Ravensthorpe nickel laterite project. It will also reduce the rate of production at its Mount Keith nickel mine near Kalgoorlie...

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