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Finniss shuttered after spodumene price crash

Manderson said suspending mining operations was a difficult decision

Crushed stockpiles (foreground) and ROM stockpiles (background) December 2023.

Crushed stockpiles (foreground) and ROM stockpiles (background) December 2023.

An 85% drop in the price of spodumene concentrate in the past 12 months and 50% decline since the end of October prompted Core to initiate a review of Finniss, which led to the decision to temporarily...

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