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BHP NICKEL WEST PTY LTD

formerly WMC RESOURCES LTD · until 2021-04-30
formerly WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LIMITED · until 2021-04-30
formerly BHP BILLITON NICKEL WEST PTY LTD · until 2021-04-30
· dates as recorded at register entry; earlier renames may predate
REGD
Registered
PROPRIETARY
ACN
ACN 004 184 598
ABN
ABN 76 004 184 598
Type / class
APTY, LMSH
Jurisdiction
WA
Registered
2 March 1933 | 94th year
Status
Trading: ASIC registered, ABN active, GST registered

Lifeline · 1933 to present · 93 years

observed derived suspect

▸Corporate family
Group members (declared) 7
BHP Coal Pty Ltd
ABN 83 010 595 721
REGD
group member, declared via WGEA
BHP Group Limited
ABN 49 004 028 077
REGD
group member, declared via WGEA
BHP Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd
ABN 99 007 835 761
REGD
group member, declared via WGEA
BHP Waio Pty Ltd
ABN 18 008 852 784
REGD
group member, declared via WGEA
Bm Alliance Coal Operations Pty Limited
ABN 67 096 412 752
REGD
group member, declared via WGEA
2 more not shown
Solid label = declared by a filer. Dotted label = inferred by CompanyIQ from shared ABR submission groups.

▸Trading names · 11 names against this ABN
NICKEL WEST
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
NICKEL WEST KALGOORLIE
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
NICKEL WEST KWINANA
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
NICKEL WEST LEINSTER
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
NICKEL WEST MT KEITH
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
NICKEL WEST PERTH
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
WMC KWINANA NICKEL REFINERY
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
WMC RESOURCES LTD
declared to ABR against this ABN
Other name
3 more not shown
Every name here is declared to the ABR against this ABN; they are names, not legal entities, and none carries an ACN of its own.

Economics & workforce

Goods & services tax
GST active since 1 July 2000.
26 years of continuous registration. No cancellation or re-registration.
Declared industry
Mining
Size band 250-499
Self-declared by employer to WGEA; not verified or re-classified.
Headcount
456 Australian employees, 2024-25 reporting period. Reported to WGEA every year since 2021.
2,379
2021-22
2,732
2022-23
2,936
2023-24
456
2024-25
Cohort
Of 2 WA companies registered in 1933, 100% all survive; this one has outlived 0% of its birth cohort
CompanyIQ cohort index · ASIC Company Dataset, all registrations 1933–2026

Government contracts

No Commonwealth contract notices in our data window (Feb†25–Jul†26). AusTender covers Commonwealth agencies only.
Data window: Feb 2025 to Jul 2026 · AusTender · Commonwealth agencies only