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Jinchuan out of bidding for Ravensthorpe nickel

Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:52am IST
 
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SYDNEY, Nov 9 (Reuters) - China's top producer of metal, Jinchuan Group, has dropped out of the bidding for miner BHP Billiton's (BHP.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) (BLT.L: Quote, Profile, Research) Ravensthorpe nickel operation in Australia, an Australia associate firm of Jinchuan said on Monday.

Australia-listed Metals X (MLX.AX: Quote, Profile, Research), owned 14.8 percent by Jinchuan, said the Chinese firm had not been invited to take part in the next stage of the Ravensthorpe sale process. (Reporting by Mark Bendeich; Editing by Jonathan Standing)

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