Aurizon: Activists ready to rock rail group's future
Shareholders are antsy. Bulk was supposed to be his growth engine, the sizzle in a story that's otherwise focused on mature coal haulage and a monopoly coal rail network. But it hasn't worked and Aurizon's returned a miserly 2.3 per cent a year for shareholders in the past decade, including dividends, while the S&P/ASX 200 has returned 10.6 per cent.
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