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Ravensthorpe plays down mine closure fears
The Shire of Ravensthorpe has dismissed speculation BHP's local nickel mine may be mothballed, saying it has been reassured by the company that the operation will continue.[MORE]
Business chamber up-beat about BHP nickel operations
Ravensthorpe's peak business lobby says it is confident BHP Billiton will not shut down its south coast nickel operations.[MORE]
Ravensthorpe mine could close: analysts
A mining analyst says the falling price of nickel could prompt BHP to abandon its Ravensthorpe mine.[MORE]
Shire hopes to recover investments
The Shire of Ravensthorpe, in southern Western Australia, says it does not know whether the money it invested in a collapsed US bank can be recovered.[MORE]
BHP showcases Great Southern assets
BHP Billiton is giving investors a tour of its Ravensthorpe nickel plant today, amid speculation over the mine's performance.[MORE]
WA moves to prevent starling invasion
Authorities on the south coast are ramping up their efforts to eradicate the invasive starling from Western Australia.[MORE]
Nationals promise to scrap headworks scheme
The Nationals say they will scrap Labor's distribution headworks scheme if they win the balance of power in the Parliament.[MORE]
Police to conduct more crime roadblocks
Ravensthorpe police plan to continue setting up roadblocks to target criminal activity after two people were allegedly found trafficking drugs last month.[MORE]
Police roadblock near Ravensthorpe nets drugs
Police have seized almost a kilogram of cannabis from a vehicle near Ravensthorpe.[MORE]
Chamber touts mining 'lifestyle'
The WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy says a new nickel mine at Ravensthorpe offers workers more lifestyle choice.[MORE]
BHP Billiton opens $2 billion nickel mine
BHP Billiton has officially opened its $2 billion nickel laterite mine at Ravensthorpe in Western Australia.[MORE]
Ravensthorpe ready for mining growth
Community leaders in Ravensthorpe say the town is prepared for ongoing growth in the area associated with a nickel mine, which will be officially opened today.[MORE]
BHP to pay for recreation centre management
The Shire of Ravensthorpe has brokered a deal in which BHP Billiton will pay for the ongoing management of a proposed recreation centre in the region.[MORE]
South Coast Hwy section closed
A section of the South Coast Highway in Western Australia has been shut down due to a bushfire.[MORE]
Community projects share in Govt grants
More than $500,000 in Western Australian Government grants have been awarded to community projects in the goldfields Esperance region. [MORE]
Ravensthorpe Shire getting on top of growth
The Ravensthorpe Shire president says the region is gradually getting better at dealing with the massive growth in the area.[MORE]
Ravensthorpe Shire opens building projects
The Shire of Ravensthorpe is set to officially open four major building projects completed as part of a $4 million infrastructure upgrade.[MORE]
Work begins on Hopetoun waste water treatment plant
Work will begin today on a key piece of water infrastructure which has been holding back development in Hopetoun on Western Australia's south coast.[MORE]
New Esperance Shire CEO looks to challenges
The new chief executive officer (CEO) for Esperance Shire, Mal Osborne, says he is starting to get direction from staff and town leaders on how to tackle some of the major local issues.[MORE]
Report finds windscreen filter fire sparked emergency landing
A report into an emergency landing of a British Aeropsace passenger plane in Ravensthorpe, in southern Western Australia, in 2006, has been released.[MORE]
West Ravensthorpe endures phone woes
Telephone lines have been down in the West Ravensthorpe district, in southern Western Australia, for three days, causing rural residents to rely on mobiles with poor reception.[MORE]
Ravensthorpe Hospital secures extra nursing staff
The Western Australian Health Department has announced the Ravensthorpe Hospital will continue to operate around the clock, after securing more nurses to staff the facility.[MORE]
Nurses to fly-in, fly-out at Ravensthorpe Hospital
The Western Australian Country Health Service says BHP Billiton has found three nurses willing to work at the Ravensthorpe Hospital on a fly-in, fly-out basis over summer.[MORE]
Health Dept unfazed by miner sourcing Ravensthorpe nurses
The Western Australian Health Department's director-general says he is not embarrassed that BHP Billiton sourced nurses for the understaffed Ravensthorpe Hospital before the department could fill the positions. [MORE]
Fly-in, fly-out nurses may solve staff shortage
Fly-in, fly-out nurses will be used to solve the looming health worker shortage at the Ravensthorpe Hospital, in southern Western Australia, which had threatened to drastically scale back its operation.[MORE]
