The unprecedented global economic adversity that has afflicted the globe over the past 12 months has profoundly challenged the Australian minerals industry's capacity to endure and grow.
The world has been caught in the 'perfect economic storm' but this will pass as the developing world continues to urbanize and the developed world shakes off recession. We are already seeing signs of this. As the industry works through this difficult economic phase and looks to position itself for the inevitable recovery, there has arguably never been a greater imperative to get the intersection between public policy, business operations and sustainable development right.
