Trust Wilson “Iron Bar ” Tuckey to offensively link the death of the Sundance Resources Limited mining party in the Congo to the Rudd government’s mining tax on super profits. He said the tragedy was a clear sign that miners were being forced offshore. The truth of the matter is that Sundance had been working on the $3.4billion Mbalam iron ore project , in the Republic of Cameroon , with reserves of 2.45 billion tonnes of ore , for some years ,planning to come on stream in 2012.
His ill- timed , incorrect outburst is illustrative of the Coalition’s current extreme badmouthing and misrepresentation of anything and everything connected with the government
Our mining contacts informed us that the former chairman of Sundance , George Jones , now running the company in the vacuum caused by the loss of the top executives , booked out of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, eight hours before the murderous terrorists launched their attack. The hotel is owned by the powerful Indian Tata Group, which has numerous business interests , including the steel industry.
