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BHP shuts Perseverance nickel mine on safety worries

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 17, 2013 | 12:14 pm Base Metals Top Companies Australia Europe Nickel 

[caption id="attachment_764115" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The mine had been operating since the late 1970s with BHP owning it since 2005.[/caption] BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) said Tuesday it’s permanently shutting down its underground nickel mine at Leinster in Western Australia's Goldfields, cutting up...

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