MMX hit with $1.8 billion dollar tax bill. It appears to me, Eike Batista is out of the running to buy out SFMI.
http://www.mining-journal.com/finance/mmx-slapped-with-us$1.8bn-tax-fine
My biggest fear isn't PQ failing to get SFMI to become a major mining operation. Its our own government putting up fence after fence of regulations.