the sultan is about to swing, page-16

@newtrader,

"Just wondering though, if Monty was mined in the past, why was it shut down? One would think that a mine would generally shut down once the ore body has been largely removed."

The mine was formerly run by the soviets (or their ilk) and like most communist efforts it was doomed to failure. With Sultan running things it should be done properly and worker safety should be up to scratch. From what i understand the locals are keen to get it going again as they were gipped on wages when it went down before.