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Mongolia calls IMF but WA still Rio Tinto's risk No.1

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Mongolia's request for financial rescue by the International Monetary Fund has done nothing to alter the debt-burdened mining frontier's standing on the Rio Tinto rankings of sovereign risk.

Western Australia remains number one, well out in front of cash-strapped Mongolia, an increasingly volatile South Africa and the even more politically uncertain Madagascar and Guinea.

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Matthew Stevens writes on business, specialising in mining, energy and opinion. Matthew is a senior business writer and columnist. Email Matthew at matthew.stevens@afr.com.au

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