Updated October 25, 2019 17:13:13 Photo: The spill on August 24 turned the water in Basamuk Bay bright red and stained the shoreline. (Supplied: Nigel Uyam) Papua New Guinean authorities have shut down a Chinese-owned…
Updated October 19, 2019 08:39:26 Photo: The future demand for electric vehicles will be a major determinant of nickel prices. (Mikes photo: public domain) Related Story: Nickel boom breathes new life into mothballed Kimberley mine…
Posted October 02, 2019 16:35:43 Photo: The spill caused the bay near the Ramu Nickel refinery to turn bright red. (Supplied: Nigel Uyam) A man has died in Papua New Guinea after eating a fish…
A criminal investigation into Clive Palmer and the collapse of Queensland Nickel is nearly finished and the corporate regulator is in discussions with other government agencies about what to do next, federal parliament has been…
Posted August 30, 2019 13:20:26 Photo: The spill caused waters near the Nickel plant to turn bright red. (Supplied: Nigel Uyam) A Chinese nickel mine operator has apologised after accidentally spilling an estimated 200,000 litres…
Clive Palmer will cover the full cost of entitlements for sacked Queensland Nickel workers, after he reached a deal with liquidators to settle debts owed by his failed Townsville business. The liquidator, Stephen Parbery of…
Updated August 01, 2019 17:19:18 Billionaire Clive Palmer has reached a settlement with the biggest creditor in a $200 million lawsuit over the collapse of his ill-fated Queensland Nickel venture. In a breakthrough, during week…
Posted July 30, 2019 20:24:14 Photo: First Quantum shuttered their Ravensthorpe nickel mine in 2017 because of weak nickel prices. (ABC News: Mark Bennett) The owners of the mothballed Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Western Australia’s…
Clive Palmer paid one dollar for Queensland Nickel when he bought it from BHP seven years before it collapsed with the loss of hundreds of jobs and owing millions, a court has heard. The billionaire…
Updated July 26, 2019 16:21:44 Photo: Clive Palmer is fighting a Supreme Court bid by liquidators to claw back $200 million over the failure of QN. (AAP: Jono Searle) Clive Palmer paid just $1 for…