The most baffling thing about this drawn-out dispute at Tahmoor Colliery is how willing Xstrata seems to be to cut off its nose to spite its face.
Simply agreeing to the very reasonable requests of workers would ensure extremely profitable business as usual, but management seems determined to fight some sort of ideological battle.
Xstrata must have lost a stack due to the stubborn position of Tahmoor management.
However management has been failing to disclose to its owners – its shareholders – the full cost of its long-running dispute.
