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'Make what you will from it, but my interpretation is that they have crunched the numbers and found FMS is not part of their future. If a bid was to come, it would have come before the last day.'

That might have been before QR indicated they wanted to build a rail line past the place, which would change the prospects for anyone other than RIO or FMG, being the Chinese, Vale, Anglo, Indians etc.

This delay may allow a new bid from these parties, as they will have time to analyse and put together a bid. Only a chance on this of course.

The article in the AFR is quite comprehensive, it also looks at why these things happen and are possible in Russia.

For those interested in more googling, the full names of these people below are, (from the AFR)

Elena Nikolayevna Egorova

and

Viktor Filippovich Rashnikov