Move is seen as Beijing’s ongoing expression of displeasure over Canberra’s role in pushing for an international investigation into the origins of covid-19.

Imports of higher-grade copper scrap have been reclassified from “waste” to “resource”.

Fitch now expects iron ore production to grow by 0.8% y-o-y in 2020 compared with 4.7% y-o-y in 2019.

Around $1.9 billion of the $3.5 billion loan used to buy its stake in SQM is due November 2020.

Roy Harvey says the industry is now producing more aluminum than it needs.