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Five forces reshaping capital availability, project resilience and decision-making across the resources sector

McGrathNicol examines five converging pressures reshaping Australia's energy and resources sector, including tighter capital markets, energy transition costs, geopolitical uncertainty, commodity price volatility and increasing government involvement, drawing on recent mining insolvencies such as Bowen Coking Coal and Tahmoor Coal to demonstrate how funding constraints can undermine otherwise viable assets and why early contingency planning, disciplined cash management and proactive stakeholder engagement are critical to preserving value.