"The delays to the project being many, however it would seem...

"The delays to the project being many, however it would seem that doing business with Xstrata has it's problems, especially when in a minority jv."

Er... are you actually suggesting that the ban on open-pit mining imposed by the PPs regional government wouldn't have gone ahead if the Tampakan project was being driven by a player other than Xstrata?

I have done some amazing research and concluded that an open-pit mining ban probably isn't going to happen in Queensland.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/philippines-mining-tampakan-idUSL4N09M2QW20121212