Article featured in the September 2011 edition of Australian Resources and Investment Magazine – Volume 5 Number 4.
Most Australian governments have had some understanding of the large capital investment required for long development horizons and the need to attract substantial investment. Mining is a high-risk business and commodity prices set on the world stage are notoriously volatile over the life cycle of any project. There is enormous international competition for capital and governments that introduce greater risk and expense do so at the peril of their own economies and people… For more, view the PDF.
