Nation’s filthy rich beg for government cash

ANALYSIS If we follow that maxim into iron ore, one could be forgiven for thinking that the apocalypse is nigh. Major Pilbara miners banded together this week to give Australian governments a giant begging bowl in the form of a report by consulting firm ACIL Allen predicting Pilbara doom. “The forward guidance provided by companies in the Port Hedland Port Supply Chain indicates that total iron ore production is forecast to steadily increase over the first half of the modelling …