NICKEL REFINERY (BHP BILLITON NICKEL WEST PTY LTD) (TERMINATION OF AGREEMENTS) AGREEMENT BILL 2008Nickel Refinery Agreement • March 5th, 2009
Contract Type FiledMarch 5th, 2009The purpose of the bill is to ratify an agreement, as varied by a subsequent agreement, between the state and BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd, hereafter named Nickel West, that provides for the termination of an agreement made on 19 January 1968 and subsequently varied, titled the Nickel Refinery (Western Mining Corporation Limited) Agreement Act 1968; and an agreement made on 4 November 1970 and subsequently varied, titled the Nickel Refinery (Western Mining Corporation Limited) Agreement Act Amendment Act 1970—collectively referred to as the state agreement—between the state and Nickel West, under its former name, Western Mining Corporation Limited, hereafter named Western Mining, and to validate the renewal of certain mineral leases.