When you listen Freidland talk about how oil rich Saudis want to diversify and make SA a center  for mineral investment and read below the different investments they have made, Ninetedo, Hollywood studios and even French Hotels Geez why don't we offer them something to invest in.. If the Future Minerals Forum is indeed the most important venue for mining finance, Why wait for Teck?

About a decade ago, a flashy, deep-pocketed investor made an appearance. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (pif) had a mandate to go big, and was ready to: it picked up a $3.5bn stake in Uber, placed $45bn in the world’s largest technology-investment fund, SoftBank’s Vision Fund, and provided half the capital for a $40bn infrastructure fund run by Blackstone, a private-equity giant. It has since bought stakes in everything from Heathrow Airport and Nintendo to Hollywood studios and French hotels. Last year it deployed more than $30bn of fresh capital, making it the highest-spending wealth fund in the world (see chart).