The report notes, however, that with activity in other non-mining business sectors such as retail and manufacturing expected to remain soft as long as the dollar – which is expected to drop back to below $US0.80 over a 12 to 18-month timeframe – remains high, any broader recovery in the non-mining sector will be several years away while housing by itself will not be sufficient to make up for an anticipated 40 per cent pull back in resource construction over the next four years. -
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