Sorry...I meant big construction projects, which always employ many more people short-term than are required once the property is producing.
On the larger implications of coal: While there are obvious difficulties, I reckon that coal will be both a political hot potato and a solid earner for years yet. For as long as the current government stays in power. Since that looks like thin ice, I would be open, if i were you, to seeing coal being hamstrung in the medium term.
I think that we are at a watershed moment in the whole carbon discussion. If, as I expect, climate reveals itself as "big weather" over the next five years, the lie that is "clean coal" may become unpalatable. Still, five years is a long time. More so if you factor in political inertia.
So that's coal, and the sub-continent. What say you about ore? And China?
Last edited by Australopithecus; 25th Nov 2014 at 23:23.
Reason: Sub-continent with an "o" instead if a "u"