tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4969454583790696413..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Tiwai shrugs?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-64212991799337990852008-05-14T09:24:00.000+12:002008-05-14T09:24:00.000+12:00"Envy ridden grubby little nobodies who want to ta..."Envy ridden grubby little nobodies who want to take, but don't produce. The slobbering beast."<BR/>LOL! Bullseye!KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-55601024552753828592008-05-14T09:12:00.000+12:002008-05-14T09:12:00.000+12:00The SubStandard - the blog for thieving cunts - th...The SubStandard - the blog for thieving cunts - there is no other way to describe them. Envy ridden grubby little nobodies who want to take, but don't produce. The slobbering beast.Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-70339737532001602862008-05-13T21:30:00.000+12:002008-05-13T21:30:00.000+12:00Long live the King!Long live the King!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-58027961560194266642008-05-13T18:50:00.000+12:002008-05-13T18:50:00.000+12:00FF is quite right. And if the King ever did make ...FF is quite right. And if the King ever did make the decision to do this you can guarantee he'd put together a very lucrative and compelling deal.<BR/><BR/>BTW Tonga was once the most powerful group in the Pacific. They had territorial holdings as far away as Samoa and Fiji. <BR/><BR/>A resurgent Tonga would be a very good thing to occur for the Pacific. <BR/><BR/>LGMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-71665197483216455072008-05-13T17:56:00.000+12:002008-05-13T17:56:00.000+12:00"Oh gawd, don't even joke about it!"It's actually ..."Oh gawd, don't even joke about it!"<BR/><BR/>It's actually a good idea. We get the Cullen Fund to buy the train set and an abandoned Tiwai as the foundation of top assets to fund future retirement plans.<BR/>What could go wrong?<BR/><BR/>JCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-85057161769155909922008-05-13T16:43:00.000+12:002008-05-13T16:43:00.000+12:00"But then perhaps they could buy Tiwai as a strate..."<I>But then perhaps they could buy Tiwai as a strategic asset and then subsidise all the aluminium sold?</I>"<BR/><BR/>Oh gawd, don't even joke about it!Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-6831273756024977412008-05-13T16:21:00.000+12:002008-05-13T16:21:00.000+12:00The socialists don't have a good track record of u...The socialists don't have a good track record of understanding that the private sector will close/walk away from under performing assets.<BR/><BR/>They would be prudent not to call their bluff (If that word is in their lexicon).<BR/><BR/>But then perhaps they could buy Tiwai as a strategic asset and then subsidise all the aluminium sold?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25697248906302325352008-05-13T15:31:00.000+12:002008-05-13T15:31:00.000+12:00Just in case you would like to know act is opposed...Just in case you would like to know act is opposed to the emissions trading scheme.Comrade MOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064433671840996528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-71517629279509777812008-05-13T14:55:00.000+12:002008-05-13T14:55:00.000+12:00An amusing and highly entertaining to watch exampl...An amusing and highly entertaining to watch example of why Rio are not the sort of chaps to mess with...<BR/><BR/>A few weeks back when the talk about BHP taking over Rio was at its peak, the Rio people started shorting BHP shares... one parcel of 50,000 was offered for $10..and it was fascinating to sit here watching to see if the order was actually going to get filled (the BHP share price being around $42 a few minutes earlier)...so yes, Clark/Cullen et al would be well advised to pull back from a showdown with these people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-70672662470679751372008-05-13T14:50:00.000+12:002008-05-13T14:50:00.000+12:00One other point on the "we have been here before" ...One other point on the "we have been here before" front...when Tiwai has been in situations of the Government diddling them over electricity costs or other matters in the past, it was not owned by Rio Tinto.<BR/><BR/>They are 'hard men'..very ruthless, and would not hesitate the way Comalco [did].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-71179366561872440722008-05-13T14:22:00.000+12:002008-05-13T14:22:00.000+12:00Tongan nuclear power. I love it. :-)Tongan nuclear power. I love it. :-)Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-47785304064281875752008-05-13T14:18:00.000+12:002008-05-13T14:18:00.000+12:00PC said...Rio Tinto will simply move operations to...PC said...<BR/><I>Rio Tinto will simply move operations to location without this particular brand of lunacy.</I><BR/><BR/>I think that if they look somewhere to take their business to, then King Tupou 5th of Tonga would be happy to welcome them in the kingdom island. Cheap labour indeed. It would be good for Tonga's economy. Rio Tinto needs to build its own power station, and King Tupou could be persuaded that t nuclear power station is what's needed to generate power for Rio Tinto's plant operations .The only resources required from overseas are some trained engineers , business managers, and they would be up and running in a year or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com