Diversified miner BHP’s nickel arm, Nickel West, has reaffirmed its pathways to increasing production in Western Australia, including the development of new mines and the expansion of existing operations.
Speaking at the Paydirt Nickel conference, BHP Nickel West’s head of integrated operations, Karl Stokes noted that first ore from the Yakabindie project would be delivered to the Mt Keith concentrator in December this year, with the mine making up the primary source of mill feed at Mt Keith from 2021 onwards.