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Twiggy's inquiry tilt trips up

THE iron ore price inquiry Australia had to have is no more. For a while there it looked like Andrew Forrest might get his way with Prime Minister Tony Abbott giving in-principle support - but that fell away by the weekend.

Noel Dyson
Andrew Forrest used the abandonment of the inquiry to suggest it was the noise the multinational mining giants made.

Andrew Forrest used the abandonment of the inquiry to suggest it was the noise the multinational mining giants made.

The fact that Vale signed a huge deal with the Chinese government last week probably pointed out the futility of such an inquiry. That made it crystal clear that the iron ore market is a global one and...

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