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Wong sounds alarm over China-led nickel collapse
Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondent
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong has gone into bat for Australian miners suffering from turbulent nickel prices during talks with her Chinese counterpart, amid accusations Beijing is manipulating the market to favour its own producers.
As BHP announced new job cuts on Wednesday, this time at its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter, Senator Wong confirmed she relayed the industry’s alarm during a wide-ranging 90-minute meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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