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There is mounting speculation that BHP Billiton is getting close to jettisoning its unloved nickel and aluminium businesses.

A possible demerger of the two divisions from BHP’s mainstays led by Pilbara iron ore would have major ramifications for thousands of WA workers employed at the Nickel West in the Goldfields and bauxite and Worsley alumina operations in the South West.

Read more at: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/22299850/bhp-may-dump-nickel-aluminium/