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BHP suspending WA nickel operations amid global glut

BHP is suspending its WA nickel operations including the Kalgoorlie smelter amid global oversupply. (Marion Rae/AAP PHOTOS)

Mining giant BHP will mothball its West Australian nickel operations due to a global oversupply of the metal and plummeting prices.

The company on Thursday announced its Nickel West operations and the West Musgrave project will be temporarily suspended from October.

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