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China needed to pause and consolidate   the progress they have already made


 a base on the Moon ( a planned desire ) will be little more than PR unless they can use the base productively


 can China now build  on the success they have already achieved  , they are building trading relationships with developing nations  that should expand their customer base  for the next step forward  , now the question is will Australian iron  be a building block in that next step forward , if not are we ( Australia/FMG ) cultivating new buyers  , Asia , India , PNG  , maybe a slice of Africa ( if we start exporting steel again in quantity ).


 green/clean steel/iron  so we can trade with the EU is a fool's errand  , if all those scientists in the EU can't do it  cost effectively  , why should Australia bust a gut for them , they will find a way to cheat us of profits every time they can ( as they have always done  tariffs , duties , carbon credits )


 we have heaps of coal , abundant uranium  ( but little will to build reactors ) mountains of iron  and other minerals  and crippled manufacturing .


in fact NST is sitting on a huge ( Maules Creek size ) coal deposit  right next to FMG tenements


 the question is will an an Australian company wake up and smell the decay  or will some international pension fund  be the defacto owner of this country ( if one already isn't )


 now Twiggy is willing to 'have a go'  but seems to have the wrong targets  , will he go back to basics  .. dig iron and ship it cost-effectively


 i would like to take a small bet   , he will be bitten by reality  , and if a take-over crystallizes  a profit for me , then so be it ( i have lost at least 10 good companies to take-overs already , but it is getting rather boring  )


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