"But the Lynas boss also sounded a warning on the collapse of the WA nickel industry, saying governments need to be aware that the mining sector is "an ecosystem, not a collection of separate companies.
Lynas' Kalgoorlie facility will be reliant on BHP's Nickel West smelter in Kalgoorlie for supply of sulphuric acid, and the potential for BHP to mothbal its WA nickel operations would throw a major shadow over the cost of an alternative source of supply."
