Western Australia has returned to the top spot in a key global survey of attractive mining investment destinations, after slipping down the ranking in 2014.

Canadian think-tank the Fraser Institute conducts the survey each year and found WA was the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for investing in 2015, after falling to fourth in 2014.

Saskatchewan in Canada came in at second spot while the US state of Nevada slipped to third.

The independent research group surveyed around 4,000 mining companies to gauge their views on the most attractive investment destinations.

The companies were asked to rate each jurisdiction based on geological endowment, government policies, time taken to get approvals, security, sovereign risk, and attitude towards exploration investment.

WA's Minister for Mines and Petroleum Bill Marmion said the rating was a welcome surprise, adding the State Government had worked to significantly reduce the time to get a mine into production.Western Australia has returned to the top spot in a key global survey of attractive mining investment destinations, after slipping down the ranking in 2014.

Canadian think-tank the Fraser Institute conducts the survey each year and found WA was the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for investing in 2015, after falling to fourth in 2014.

Saskatchewan in Canada came in at second spot while the US state of Nevada slipped to third.

The independent research group surveyed around 4,000 mining companies to gauge their views on the most attractive investment destinations.

The companies were asked to rate each jurisdiction based on geological endowment, government policies, time taken to get approvals, security, sovereign risk, and attitude towards exploration investment.

WA's Minister for Mines and Petroleum Bill Marmion said the rating was a welcome surprise, adding the State Government had worked to significantly reduce the time to get a mine into production. 

"In the last year the mine rehabilitation funds [have] come through, we've maintained our exploration incentive scheme and we've been investing in the Minerals Research Institute of WA," he said.

"One of the other things that I think is a real tangible benefit is they've actually seen on the ground, mining exploration turning into mining production."

Mr Marmion cited the short time it took to get the Nova nickel mine from discovery to production as a positive story from the sector.

"We've been working very hard, getting rid of red tape through the approvals process, that's in both my department and also in Aboriginal heritage," he said.

"Mining companies are doing it tough but regardless of that mining companies throughout the world have still ranked Western Australia in these tougher times the best place to invest your money."

Missing since sept 2013 , Libs mining boom , last seen with budget emergency 

Anything on the renewables that have gone bankrupt? The ones that could survive without subsidies, as opposed to evil fossil fuels.

Western Australia has returned to the top spot in a key global survey of attractive mining investment destinations

lee wrote on Mar 6^th, 2016 at 2:24pm:



......suppressed by the Eco-Socialist Collective

Not sure what Swag is trying to imply.  As last poster said, lib party with budget problems currently.

When Colin Barnett took the reins in WA he inherited a $3 billion dollar deficit.

After 8 years in office WA now owes about $40 billion dollars.

This happened in the mining boom years, believe it or not.

In the last few years his voice is the main vice calling for a rise in the GST so it may help him pay of his debt.

The man should be in jail.

Its time wrote on Mar 6^th, 2016 at 5:33pm:

It hasn't. Swag's just talking out of his arse again. 

Western Australia has returned to the top spot in a key global survey of attractive mining investment destinations, after slipping down the ranking in 2014.

Canadian think-tank the Fraser Institute conducts the survey each year and found WA was the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for investing in 2015, after falling to fourth in 2014.

  WA is in fact governed by a lib gov.

Western Australia has returned to the top spot in a key global survey of attractive mining investment destinations,

stunspore wrote on Mar 7^th, 2016 at 12:57pm:


That's a fact yes.

Quote:


That's a fact yes.

Jobs that pay next to nothing if companies have their way with wages.  Pathetic excuse.  Not just about jobs.  Also about what you are working for.  Decent wages.

John Smith wrote on Mar 7^th, 2016 at 7:44pm:


...good idea Jonathon.  A company tax cut would create more jobs.

Swagman wrote on Mar 7^th, 2016 at 7:53pm:


meanwhile you want to milk the pensioner, right?

Good old trickle down that Lefties can't comprehend.

Good old trickle down that Lefties can't comprehend.

http://independentaustralia.net/wordpress-opt/wp-content/2012/05/trickle-down.jp...

Bam wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 10:51am:


Rather than use cheesy photos,

how about you make the claim that the average worker is WORSE OFF in the 30 years since that statement. Then WE can laugh at you as per the photo.

mariacostel wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 11:52am:

You do it. Why can't others?

mariacostel wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 11:52am:

Casualisation of the Australian workforce is rising, permanent full-time jobs are getting scarce. Millions of Australians don't have work that's stable enough to get a bank loan, far more than 30 years ago, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the work force.

Trickle down is a MYTH.

Jovial Monk wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 8:28am:



Hows the FTTN nodes going since YOU claim they cannot work in temperatures over 30 degrees?

Hows the $30B database claim working out?

Bam wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 11:59am:


Really?

So why is it that when business is booming, wages grow, unemployment declines, tax revenues that pay for the pensioners, public services and the down trodden ones, go up?

Bam wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 11:59am:


How about you quote ACTUAL FIGURES, because unemployment is far lower than back in the 70s and house ownership is still the highest in the world. Permanent jobs getting scarce? WHAT RUBBISH! The 'job for life' has certainly gone, but thats no loss to a worker with any skills.

I do love the silly statement that less people are getting bank loans now IN ABSOLUTE NUMBERS than 30 years ago.

You are your own worst enemy with foolishness like that.

mariacostel wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 11:55am:

$20Bn audit was what I said. If you ever read anything you would know addresses have been found to be wrong, copper has had to be (cheaply) remediated etc. So this is on course.

The node cabinets have heat exchangers in them which cannot cope with temperatures over 30°C. Several have already failed—Walkerville for one.

A cut price FTTH may be on the cards, using a simpler topology (not loops) and a thinner cable.

Well, you won’t be convinced and frankly you are too dumb to bother debating so we shall see next summer when there will be more nodes to fail.

Quite a few HAVE failed.

Why don’t you do some bloody reading?

Well, keep trying.

Jovial Monk wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 4:47pm:



It makes me think n this case absence of evidence is proof of evidence of absence.

The problem with passive/fan type of cooling is that the temperature inside the cabinet will never get below the outside ambient temperature which means the electronics will have cope with temperatures of 40C+ degrees.

To keep the FTTN working in high temperatures

1. The electronics will be of high quality (military grade) expensive.
2. The speed get throttled back and maybe to a point where they shut down.
3. The cabinets use refrigerated cooling also expensive.

All not very nice options.

When designing a system and its critical you have to design for the worst possible conditions so the cabinets to operate at 50C degrees.

P.S. When Tasmania was connected to the national electricity the major power sub station was only designed to operate up to 35C degrees, first hot day came along and the sub station shutdown.

Mr,Wizzard

IF you are curious about when the NBN will come to your address, check here:


http://www.iinet.net.au/internet/broadband/nbn/coverage/

Neferti wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 5:17pm:


I am hoping it comes nowhere near my place until after election

Its time wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 5:20pm:


Won't come anywhere near me in the near future.  I am in an ultra safe Liberal electorate - so pitiful is their current support base

Another interesting post:

Quote:
WhatThe writes...
They wont last as long as the manufacturer states – the manufacturer of the battery states expected life under ideal conditions with ambient temperature (inside the cabinet) at 20c.

To determine the expected lifetime, the batteries are actually run at a high temperature (around 80 deg IIRC) until they fail (much less than a year).

The lifetime of 10 years at 25 deg is extrapolated from this figure.

The minister wanted smaller cabinets for political reasons. The engineers will have done their best to keep temperatures down, but management aided design (MAD) is not a great paradigm.


So Turncoat was worried about the public being upset by large cabinets so now all the electronics are crammed into tiny cabinets which have trouble coping with heat so the public is going to get upset by losing phone and internet on hot days.

Speeds will be reduced as the node tries to maintain service and will eventually shut down. When whole areas get cut over to the obsolete crap the heat inside the cabinets is going to be intense and then we get a series of 40°C+ days. You reckon the nodes won’t shut down then? Telstra RIMS do.

I love “management aided design (MAD)”

I did read of cabinets failing and the various techs I talked to all said the heat exchanger can only cope up to a certain temperature.

I did read it and a lot of the contributors at Whirlpool are very knowledgeable and work in this field.

Next summer with more nodes and more subscribers per node (assuming Malcolm doesn’t get a rush of common sense to the head) there will be many nodes shut down or operate at minimum level in the heat. Larger cabinets would have been better.

I did read of cabinets failing and the various techs I talked to all said the heat exchanger can only cope up to a certain temperature.

Will not affect me, I have no intention of subscribing to FTTN.

Neferti wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 6:43pm:


it

Bam wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 11:59am:


How about you quote ACTUAL FIGURES, because unemployment is far lower than back in the 70s and house ownership is still the highest in the world. Permanent jobs getting scarce? WHAT RUBBISH! The 'job for life' has certainly gone, but thats no loss to a worker with any skills.

I do love the silly statement that less people are getting bank loans now IN ABSOLUTE NUMBERS than 30 years ago.

You are your own worst enemy with foolishness like that.

Bam wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 11:59am:


Really?

So why is it that when business is booming, wages grow, unemployment declines, tax revenues that pay for the pensioners, public services and the down trodden ones, go up?

John Smith wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 9:34pm:



Unions pay taxes?

John Smith wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 9:34pm:


Wages grew because the bosses out of the genorosity of their hearts thought they would reward their workers

Its time wrote on Mar 9^th, 2016 at 8:40am:


Wages grow because the demand for labour increases.  Higher demand and a reducing supply of labour pushes up the price of labour (wages).

Just ask yourself "are things better for individuals during economic booms or economic depressions".

Then try and deny 'trickle down' 

mariacostel wrote on Mar 8^th, 2016 at 1:31pm:

Why should I waste my time pandering to you when you never, ever provide links to support your own figures, which more often than not turn out to be made-up nonsense?

What happened to the wealth divide during the mining boom? It GREW. So much for that. Where did this supposed wealth go? Here's a clue.

http://cdn.themetapicture.com/pic/images/2014/10/22/funny-glass-wine-trickle-dow...

You can try to prove that trickle down works, but you would be lying if you did. Because you can't make any credible argument, you don't bother. That's why you spend all your time sniping at others and behaving like a bridge full of trolls with machine guns.

And if you want "actual figures", you need to go and spend about three weeks replying to a couple of thousand requests for you to provide your own figures in hundreds of threads going back several years. You've got a lot of work to do, so get busy. Chop chop!!

Swagman wrote on Mar 9^th, 2016 at 9:19am:

You DO realise “Trickle down” refers to something else entirely, Swag? I never had a high opinion of your intelligence or knowledge but here you are hopelessly wrong. I suggest you grab a Kit Kat and do some reading because you are coming across as a Village Id iot.