Company still may not be off the hook with investors after it confirmed departing executives will retain incentive payments worth millions of dollars.

IBRAM projects that the country will export 310 million tonnes in 2020.

Skarn has also created mine-by-mine carbon intensity curves for gold, silver and cobalt, to be published over the coming weeks.

The miner says the moratorium would disempower traditional owners, and it already has proper procedures in place.

The contract for five Newcastlemax bulk carriers to carry ore between Australia and China was awarded to Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping.