Alarming costs damp good times for miners
William MacNamara, Financial Times , 25 Jul 2011The cost of one tyre: $10,000.
When the buyer is a mining company and the tyre in question is the diameter of a Mini Cooper, that price tag is expected. More alarming, according to the FTSE 100 miner that cites the figure, is the fact that this tyre’s price increased by 15 per cent in the first half of the year and may keep rising. ... Read full article

