MD "who stubbornly believe that only one company or the other should succeed."
Who are those people, I have not noticed anyone to say that only one or two companies of the Ring should succeed.
Nor has anyone said that cooperation is out of the question.
I believe that on the day a railway is announced at least a dozen companies will move positively with their sp and at least half of those would start towards mine construction.
However if it is only a road then smaller moves and these very same companies would mostly move with plans, those depending on what in-ground assets they have.
I repeat, chromite needs rail, not much else would suffice.
Noront is about the only one for whom road would suffice for significant progress due to the nickel ore.