Australian mining is totally unprepared for the cliff ahead

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3 days in Perth with 14 corporates; Perth is cautiously optimistic

Last week, we travelled to Perth to catch up with 14 corporates ranging from S32 & FMG to the gold & nickel miners and as well as the mining service providers & drillers. We have come away from Australia’s mining capital with a sense that the city has seen the bottom of the cycle and that optimism may not be too far away.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.