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Are the Phillipines really more dangerous than South Africa or the Congo? The Phillipines have valuable mineral resources or potentially do. Presumably it is not just spin that the Government talks about economic development. The logical place to look at economic development is mining. They need the capital and know how of foreign companies, Tampakan is the flag ship project if it fails because of politics or a lack of law and order then it will discourage other projects. If Xstrata is thinking of walking Zijin could get the lot which possibly makes it even more attractive for Zijin. How do you distinguish spin from genuine comment Happycats?