RE: Background buyer!!!!27 Oct 2025 14:35
I don't disagree @ed.
Any early settlement needs to be in the arbitration process (Thats what arbitration is there for, after all) rather than an agreement on the back of ciggie packety outside of this process. The process is there for the protection and fair treatment of all parties.
I don't discount an "early settlement" as not following the full maximum process, but I think this would only be done through the arbitration panel now to secure the protections of the court for payment. I think this protection and mechanism of any payment will be at the top of Mark's notepad.
The full arbitration process can be stopped at any time with an agreement between the two parties, and that IS arbitration.
I also think it will go to term, but don't disagree that this is possibly the worst case for India if the POG keeps heading north. It would take a brave person in the Indian government to cave beforehand and cough up....