They have to deal w all the situations a regular business does like payroll,machinery, maintenance,suppliers etc
and also since its a mining business, geologists and mining engineers etc who work in a fluid onsite micro and macro environment of exploration and application
and they also have to deal w a number of fluid negotiating environments-e.g
negotiations w Bao re next shipment and shipping/ship size(w iron prices plunging in August a hoped for August shipment was delayed to attempt to get a larger ca 60k ton ship to reduce shipping by ca 15/ton,even though as a low cost producer they would be making a profit probably at any price we have seen),further drilling and beneficiation plant
possible negotiations w OMRI re onsite fertilizer processing plant to enhance fert value as publicly noted by CWRN in March
negotiations w Mex govt re ore at port -w time lapse caused by govt unprecedented series of extra audits for all iron exporters even AFTER new permit was issued-6-25-12 PR.
and re export license to the U.S after they learned Mex would require an iron permit for that since the fert is higher in iron than anything else
CWRN noted publicly in March negotiations w 2? pellet plants and at the time 2 steel plants
so that makes ca 9 possible simultaneous parlays-which for hockey fans is the equivalent of 3 hat tricks
very few people make good negotiators-it requires a lot of patience,time and a mastery of the subject matter to instantly expose any flaws in the other parties facts-and here we have multiple nations and languages involved.
