BHP says Chinese coal customers have made deferment requests; Newcrest approves Cadia’s expansion; Newmont CEO not interested in returning to Rio Tinto.

Chairman Ken MacKenzie confirmed information after reports that China had put a freeze on accepting Australian coal amid trade tensions between the two countries.

Ties between the two have been severely strained on a political level by Canberra’s call for an international investigation into the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Overall commitment to copper's bull narrative seems largely unshaken, says Andy Home.

Lithium prices are being supported by a recovery in demand for electric vehicles in China.

China is also the key buyer of Australia’s most lucrative export, iron ore.