Let me read to you from the book of the dead

摘要

Read those names, solemnly and with head bowed, and imagine them engraved on a war memorial - but do not weep, yet. Dryblower fears there are more to come as despatches are delivered from the field of tax combat. The four names are merely a sample of who will rate an entry on the Rudd Tax Victim Memorial, and while others might debate who will be on, or off, they are certainly four of the contenders. In more detail, the chosen four are: Solomon Hub: an iron ore mine proposed by Fortescue Metals Group with a two-stage price tag of 4.3 billion dollars. Officially dead (for now); Ridley Magnetite: a 3 billion dollars magnetite project of Atlas Iron looking for a cornerstone investor with the capital to meet the cost (unlikely); Wingellina Nickel: a 2.2 billion dollars proposal of Metals X for a remote nickel deposit near the Western Australia-Northern Territory border. It was always going to be a heavy lift. It is now a dead weight; and Nolans Rare Earths: a 420 million dollars rare earth and phosphoric acid project planned for the NT, but a potential engraving on the RTV memorial.