EDITOR'S COMMENT

Iron ore Messiah's misstep

WHILE Andrew Forrest’s push to have BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Vale and Fortescue Metals Group cap their production to help bring the iron ore price back up would have been welcomed by struggling small producers, it would not work.

Noel Dyson
Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest.

Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest.

Also, in doing so, Forrest has put himself in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s crosshairs. ACCC commissioner Rod Sims has called on “Twiggy” to please explain his comments to an AustCham...

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