http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3E7KM47M201109...

http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3E7KM47M20110922

State Premier Colin Barnett said Oakajee, a 50:50 venture between Murchison and Mitsubishi, would lose its exclusive right to build the project unless it was ready to proceed by Dec 31, the paper reported on Friday.

"At that point, while Murchison, Mitsubishi, perhaps Chinese participants and the individual mines will all remain involved in the project, Murchison and Mitsubishi will no longer have an exclusive right -- everyone would be involved," the paper quoted Barnett as saying.