Re: Hamersley and National Competition Council

["Rod" <berlina@bigpond.com>]

arthur marsh wrote in message ...
>Hi, no-one seems to have posted what was the lead story in the business
>section of the Australian newspaper for Tuesday 29th June - that North
>has failed to gain an open access agreement for the line owned and
>operated by Hamersley Iron.
>
>For some background information, look at the National Competition
>Council's web site at http://www.ncc.gov.au and look under "Rail".
>
>
>
Too early to say if this will stop the project, as they had allowed $400
mills for transport and other facilities!
My guess is ,they knew all along that they would not get use of the line,
but it was worth millions if they won....now they will build their line just
like the others.
Rod