today's financial review, page-7

just guessing ,the recent moves to expand production from the majors is about marginalised profit against risng costs.

looking at things from a different perspective the major forces in i/o would probably be very reluctant to assist
another player with possibly better grade ore that would compound the loss of market share in terms of shipped tonnage.

as an aside the muck raking appears to have started with brockman being linked to corruption through an individual on their management team , mind you it was clearly stated the individuals charges relate to a previous business entity and has nothing to do with brockman.

interesting our world, as for FMS while we hope for short lead times in terms of becoming a producer at any level,jv,t/o or direct i dont anticipate there will be much assistance from those trying to maintain their margins