...This report examines the financial health of the Australian materials sector at 31 December 2008 (endH109) compared with 30 June 2008 (FYE08). On 18 November 2008 Fitch Ratings published a report, entitled Australian Corporate Health Report 2008 ¡ Weak Metrics Bode Ill for 2009, that examined a number of key leverage, interest and cash flow ratios both overall and sector specifically 1...