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Hollywood ending eludes Yabulu

Nickel and Australia have always been a volatile mix, but nothing which occurred in the past comes close to rivalling what’s happening this week at the Yabulu nickel processing plant.

The Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland is on its last legs, for real this time (photo: Australian Government)

The Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland is on its last legs, for real this time (photo: Australian Government)

It is near Townsville in the far north of Queensland – a place full of cattle men wearing big hats and old mines that made fortunes before failing – where a saga involving a self-proclaimed billionaire,...

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