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    From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Fri Aug 18 09:42:32 2023
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    <https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Transportation/Indonesia-set-to-open-Southeast-Asia-s-1st-high-speed-rail-in-October?utm_source=paid.outbrain.com&utm_campaign=BA_AUS&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=M7-14&dicbo=v4-ogqwKpa-1131228701>
    https://tinyurl.com/2y7b2qhq
    JAKARTA -- After repeated delays, Indonesia's high-speed rail service
    is set to begin commercial operations as early as October, the first
    of its kind in Southeast Asia.
    The Indonesian-Chinese consortium Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC)
    set October as the new opening date after pushing back the previous
    timeline of August. KCIC will use the extra time to conduct further
    test runs to ensure safety.

    Lots of Train stories from Asian site.
    This one for instance <https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Commodities/China-bankrolls-Africa-railroad-to-cut-Australia-iron-ore-reliance>
    https://tinyurl.com/2975yt7x
    TOKYO -- While China-Australia relations seem to be thawing, Beijing
    is slowly but surely moving to cut its dependence on Australian iron
    ore.
    Last Friday, mining giant Rio Tinto and a consortium of Chinese
    state-owned enterprises announced that they had concluded key
    agreements with the government of Guinea to build a trans-Guinean
    railway capable of carrying iron ore from the west African nation's
    inland to the coast.
    --
    Petzl
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    Great lawyers know the judge
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  • From Matthew Geier@matthew@sleeper.apana.org.au to aus.rail on Wed Nov 1 18:41:13 2023
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 18/8/23 09:42, Petzl wrote:


    TOKYO -- While China-Australia relations seem to be thawing, Beijing
    is slowly but surely moving to cut its dependence on Australian iron
    ore.
    Last Friday, mining giant Rio Tinto and a consortium of Chinese
    state-owned enterprises announced that they had concluded key
    agreements with the government of Guinea to build a trans-Guinean
    railway capable of carrying iron ore from the west African nation's
    inland to the coast.

    China has been spending big in Africa, and not just to secure iron ore.
    Other minerals too. Once they are no longer dependant on Australian iron
    ore, watch them really put the screws on.

    The trade barriers so far thrown at Australian suppliers when we
    'offend' them are just tasters of what they will do once they are not dependant on our iron ore.
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Mon Nov 6 12:00:36 2023
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 18:41:13 +1100, Matthew Geier
    <matthew@sleeper.apana.org.au> wrote:

    On 18/8/23 09:42, Petzl wrote:


    TOKYO -- While China-Australia relations seem to be thawing, Beijing
    is slowly but surely moving to cut its dependence on Australian iron
    ore.
    Last Friday, mining giant Rio Tinto and a consortium of Chinese
    state-owned enterprises announced that they had concluded key
    agreements with the government of Guinea to build a trans-Guinean
    railway capable of carrying iron ore from the west African nation's
    inland to the coast.

    China has been spending big in Africa, and not just to secure iron ore. >Other minerals too. Once they are no longer dependant on Australian iron >ore, watch them really put the screws on.

    The trade barriers so far thrown at Australian suppliers when we
    'offend' them are just tasters of what they will do once they are not >dependant on our iron ore.

    My reckoning also
    Finally see some progress with trains in NSW <https://inlandrail.artc.com.au/shorthand_story/n2ns-p1-operational/>
    https://bityl.co/M99i
    Narrabri to North Star Phase 1 is now fully operational
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    Petzl
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