• Aussiemandeus
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    1 month ago

    No no no, export it cheaply, then buy it back at a premium.

    Don’t ruin the elites good thing

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      1 month ago

      We had a long run of very good relations with China and, due to their sheer capacity for steel production, we could never compete on price.

      But when you throw in almost free electricity to the mix (with current solar prices) and geopolitical concerns, maybe this makes more sense now.

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        1 month ago

        Hopefully it does, well, these things kinda have to work now. For the reasons you outlined. I don’t think the government lets go of this one. If its only issue is its not commercial, i can see that being a cost we’re, (through the government), now willing to pay.

        If that happens, they better take over ownership, at least Joint Venture. No more handouts to private businesses without a clear public line of compensation.