Recently, the world’s leading professional services firm Deloitte Consulting released a report, said the Australian mining industry is at an unprecedented extreme situation. Deloitte warned that if the Australian mining industry to adjust the industrial structure to adapt to new forms of the world market, it will be difficult to maintain its position of the pillar industries in Australia.

A Deloitte spokesman Tim – Richards said the current global mining industry, the States are under the same pressure, and with the deepening global financial crisis, the situation will become more severe.

Tim said: “Whether the energy companies or mining companies, are faced with a series of challenges: labor shortages, government regulation, etc., which would no doubt make many mining projects difficult.” Mr. Tim also pointed out that it is easy to take into account variable factors, mining companies have the need to adjust the industrial structure, improve their own system, and ultimately withstood from the global financial shocks.