First Quantum buys Ravensthorpe nickel operations for $340M

Dec 08, 2009 | 01:29 PM | Kevin Foster

Canada's First Quantum Minerals has agreed to buy the Ravensthorpe nickel operations from BHP Billiton for $340 million.

The acquisition "is a major step towards First Quantum achieving its goal of becoming a diversified mining company," Philip Pascall, First Quantum's chairman....





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