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Evening.. Eric, no, we don’t know when a decision will be made. We do have a date of the 6th September, and do know what that date represents.. The politics has changed here over the past months, and the questions raised over Baylan’s failings re mining, from the opposition parties/other, are not going to go away at this time.. 12 months ago KB was almost alone voice (Mayor, SD), and since, the KU report, Fraser institute and other mining CEO’s banging the drum, there’s no place to hide anymore.. Worse of all imo, Baylan’s referral to UNESCO after years of process, made him look wanting, even desperate.. Now, its in the Governments interest to make a decision, and that the decision is not challenged.. Imo only..
Unclemal – Thank you! Do hope you enjoyed the Birthday bash at the weekend young man! atb………
Fair points Aug. The UNESCO comments haven't made it easier for Baylan to make a decision though, in my opinion. Kind of backfired on him. He could now even bring us more delaying fudge while he decides what to do next. I actually don't feel he will make the concession decision at all, because when he referred our application to UNESCSO he unusually didn't set any timescale for a response. He just doesn't seem to want to make the decision and is avoiding doing so at all costs, for whatever reason. In fact, surely his behaviour has been most odd throughout his tenure, in regard to our application. Questionable, and we also know that he hasn't exactly been too bothered about responding to any of Kurt's correspondence.
Let's trust Baylan does feel the pressures from elsewhere then and surprises us all for once.
As ever, only my thoughts.
Atb.
The 6th September is all that matters at this juncture...
Good morning aug59,
You say Baylan has no place to hide anymore.
He is not hiding. He has the full support of his boss.
As far as any perceived pressure from the KU report. It is 9 months since it’s publication and it had no effect. The fall in the Fraser Institute rankings has been going on for years and clearly is of little concern.
CEOs can bang the drum all they like. Until and unless they can unseat Baylan, it’s all just noise.
Baylan has all the support he needs to coast through to the next election unscathed.
The 6th September is just another in a long line of illusory pinchpoints which long termers actually still believe will be a game changer. They never are and this next date will pass with a whimper and the saga will limp on.
Budge meanwhile continues to steal a handsome living for achieving nothing in 7 years in post.
At least we are limping along...could be a lot worse..we could be not limping along.
The Social Dems have a tricky decision regarding a new leader, who they chose does not automatically become PM, parliament has to vote for that to happen. Indications are that the finance minister, Magdalena Andersson, could replace Lofven. Whether the new leader will have a reshuffle is unknown but there will be lots of deals going on behind the scenes which may affect individual posts. If Baylan backs the winner he'll stay but if not he might go or be demoted. At least there has to be some change to the current political inertia.
Suzy we are limping along, yet this was supposed to be an exciting year for BEM according to Kurt. Imagine what a slow year would be like?
Hasty, we've had much slower years than this one...there are three questions in the House to be answered by Minister Baylan...the questions he managed to evade owing to the vote of no confidence...questions put by Lars Hjalmared and Eric Palmqvist which must be answered on or before 30 August. That means the Opposition are in full chase on our behalf.
Don't hold your breath Suzy. Baylan has never given the answers we or anyone pro-mining wants. Why should we expect anything different this time?
Can we all please knock on the head once and for all, the idea that we are "limping along"?
We are not.
We are standing still until a decision is made one way or the other. And in the meantime we become poorer each year, partly through share price and partly through dilution.
3card - Kallak is standing still. Kosovo and Finland are limping.
We still have the mining report/study/handy supportive thingy to look forward to.
And a concession decision. Lol.