To shore up balance sheets and prevent funding crises, many companies halted operations, cut back on production and

instituted other often onerous cost-cutting measures. What the Ernst and Young,Ibm asnd other consulting groups like Deloite say on Mining mining sector growth continues apace, supported by the entrance of new financiers, including Asian buyers and sovereign wealth funds. Hungry for the commodities necessary for infrastructure construction including copper, coal, iron ore and aluminum International investment fuels the sector - mining companies that fell victim to the associated dearth of debt and equity financing.