Ravensthorpe restarts

FIRST Quantum Minerals has restarted its mothballed nickel laterite processing plant near Ravensthorpe in Western Australia’s southeast.

The Ravensthorpe plant has restarted.

However, questions have been raised over just how long the operation will be allowed to continue given the state of the nickel price.

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