PASTORAL ARM MUST STAND ON ITS OWN

摘要

CYNICS might suggest Mount Isa Mines's pastoral arm, Col-inta Holdings, is little more than a "caretaker" for the mining giant's mining leases scattered around Australia's remote northern interior. However, Colinta's pastoral division manager, Gary Johncock, says Mount Isa Mines (MIM) is a major and serious player in the nation's beef sector. Its aggregation of seven properties stretching from the McArthur River district in the Northern Territory to fertile coastal plains near Bowen and Townsville in Queensland is run on solid commercial lines.