Softrock Solutions

Site	Mt Kieth Nickel Operations
Location	Leinster WA Australia
System	4 instrument
Commissioned	1998

Nickel West is the world's third largest producer of nickel in concentrate. All our operations are in Western Australia and include:

Nickel West exports around 100,000 tonnes of nickel each year and provides significant benefits to the Western Australian economy and communities in which it operates.

Nickel West is a fully integrated nickel business comprising mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery.

Nickel ore is mined at Leinster and Mt Keith and concentrated on-site . Additionally, nickel is concentrated by a separate concentrator for third party mine production. The combined concentrate product is transported by rail to Nickel West Kalgoorlie which produces nickel matte.

Nickel West exports approximately one third of its nickel matte production. The remaining matte is processed at Nickel West Kwinana to produce nickel metal in the form of briquettes and powder, as well as a number of intermediate products.

Nickel West Mt Keith is a large open-cut mine with a nickel concentrator, located 460 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Ore from the mine is delivered to the concentrator to be crushed and processed. The concentrator processes approximately 11.5 million tonnes of ore per year. Nickel concentrate is transported by road to Nickel West Leinster for further processing before it is transported to Nickel West Kalgoorlie by public rail.