I am surprised, and slightly frustrated that nothing has been...

I am surprised, and slightly frustrated that nothing has been announced yet - and the fact neither party seem to have come out swinging makes it even more intriguing - maybe a compromise is being worked out as we speak?.  Both parties have known for days and I would have thought in this democratic society the judgement would have been released to the public soon after (ie late Friday or early today) it was

released ​

to the parties involved.

As for the specifics of the court case itself, my view was that BRL could either pay US $40m OR [or being the important word] elect (instead of that payment) to pay a higher royalty rate instead - they had paid this higher royalty rate for years (as BRL's annual reports show), although obviously this doesn't amount to much as hardly any coal was mined - so do they get this higher royalty rate they paid back if they have to pay the $40m USD?