Nickel miner Western Areas has signed an offtake agreement with Japanese major Sumitomo Metal Mining for high-grade nickel sulphide precipitate (NSP) from the mill recovery enhancement project (MREP) at the Forrestania nickel operation.
No set volume has been agreed upon, however, while not an exclusive supply agreement, it is expected that Sumitomo would take all of the NSP produced over a 12-month term, with the agreement expiring at the end of June 2020.