Australian lithium and nickel miners to ask for tax credits and emergency funds to weather global price crunch

Industry representatives will meet with state and federal ministers at crisis talks in Perth on Thursday

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Lithium and nickel miners will ask government officials at crisis talks in Perth on Thursday for tax and royalty relief, and request emergency funding support, after being crunched by sharp falls in battery mineral prices.

Dozens of industry representatives are scheduled to attend the meetings with the state and federal mining ministers. Some of the world's biggest miners, such as BHP and Glencore, will also be represented.

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