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According to: https://www.platts.com/Metals/News/9934321.xml?sub=Metals&p=Metals/News&?undefined&undefined Allegiance Mining starts nickel mining at Tasmania mine Tokyo (Platts)--24Oct2007 Australia's Allegiance Mining has started mining for nickel concentrate at the Avebury mine in Tasmania, Australia, a company official said on Wednesday. The mining contractor had recently started mining, while milling and production operations are expected to start early 2008, said Paul Richardson, general manager of Avebury's operations, at the 2007 Paydirt Australian Nickel Conference held in Perth. The Avebury orebudy has the world's highest grade of nickel concentrate with 12 million mt of ore, which has a nickel content of 1.11%, equivalent to 131,000 mt of nickel metal, Allegiance said. Allegiance Mining is owned 11% by China's Jinchuan Nickel, which supplies 90% of China's nickel.