Banks fine if miners default?

...senior executives at Australia’s largest banks are expecting an increase in bad debts from mining and mining services companies as the value of commodities continue to fall amidst the decline in growth in China.

According to The Australian Financial Review, the survey found that the bad debt situation in mining over the next 12 months is expected to “deteriorate somewhat” with Chinese authorities now becoming more concerned about China’s growth prospects.

The looming threat didn’t stop ANZ from offering up $1 billion in finance to Gina Rinehart last week however, in order to bridge her Western Australia iron ore project. Whilst the prospects of the mining sector have remained quite bleak in recent times,(here)