Merdeka Battery gets $1.4 billion loan for new nickel plant
A subsidiary of China’s Zhejiang Huayou will manage the construction of the new HPAL plant.
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Battery metal rout set to force unprofitable miners to cut costs
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BHP to advance $2 billion concentrator optimization at Escondida mine
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