Export growth accelerated to 32.2% in dollar terms the customs administration said, overturning economist's expectations of a slowdown to 23%.

China, the world's biggest importer of most major commodities, has already made several attempts to stall a surge in prices for everything from iron ore to coal.

The African nation's heavy reliance on diamonds, which account for a fifth of the Botswana's GDP and more than two thirds of its foreign exchange income.

Work is part of a program to decomission dams that used similar structures to the one in Brumadinho, a dam that burst in 2019 and killed over 200.

The lead prosecutor had declined to say how much more they were looking for, but referenced a benchmark of 155 billion reais.

China's recycled steel imports hit 114,741 million tonnes in May, more than 28 times the volume seen in January when the country lifted import restrictions on ferrous scrap.

Benchmark iron ore futures in China tumbled on Friday and logged their fourth straight weekly fall.

A major steel producer in eastern China had been urged to idle its blast furnaces after a central government inspection, according to Reuters.