BHP (NYSE:BHP) has cut ~100 workers constructing its West Musgrave nickel and copper project in Western Australia, Australian Financial Review reported Sunday, in the latest move by a major mining company to reduce costs in an environment of weak commodity prices. The workforce at the A$1.7B project was cut from ~400 to 300, but the paring of some workers did not mean the entire project, acquired from OZ Minerals last year, has been canceled, according to the AFR report. BHP (BHP) already said it would take a A$2.5B impairment charge related to its struggling Western Australia nickel business.