RE:RE:RE: Los Pelambres Even Steven,
Okay, Let's assume for the time being that you are right, that Mitsubishi Materials/Mitsubishi Corporation and their Japanese consortium partners ( Nippon, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, etc) could act together to offer the whole package of building the mine and operating the mine. That would be huge! That would mean that they would be a competitor to RIO, and Paul and the BOD would be sending a very clear message to RIO that there are other fish in the pond to deal with. I think a carefully worded inquiry to Paul - something like, "Paul, would RIO view this proposed deal with Mitsubishi Materials/Mitsubishi Corporation (and any other possible Japanese consortium partners) as a competitor, or is RIO working in concert with them?", should force Paul to give us a truthful answer. What do you think?
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