Cawse Nickel Mine

Australia / Western Australia / Kalgoorlie-Boulder /
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Cawse became part of Norilsk Nickel as a result of the OM Group’s nickel business acquisition on 1 March 2007.

Norilsk Nickel Cawse is located 50 km from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and is one of the three “first generation” laterit nickel projects in Australia. The Cawse project, which includes an open pit mine and ore leaching facility, comissioned in 1998.

The company uses traditional production and concentration technologies combined with a high pressure acid leaching technology (HPAL technology), and as a result, the recovery from ore to nickel carbonate is approximately 91%.

The produced nickel carbonate was transported for further processing to Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta refinery in Finland.

In 2008, the Cawse produced ca. 1,400 tonnes of nickel concentrate.

Currently the production is suspended for the indefinite period of time due to the deteriorated economic environment and drastic fall of nickel prices.

Reference for information:
www.nornik.ru/en/our_products/norilsknickelaustralia/

Reference for location:
bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=289893&c=1&x=121%2E147981956617&y=...

Article about mine status:
www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/metals-...
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Coordinates:   30°21'42"S   121°8'56"E

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  • Cawse Operations has since been sold to Wingstar Investments Pty Ltd (Robert C. Gardner), in an agreement signed May 21st, 2014.
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