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China-led Global Downturn Could Again Happen In September

By John Richardson WHEN the Americans and the Europeans come back from their summer holidays in September it seems quite possible that they will see history repeat itself. It was of course from September 2014 onwards that commodities prices started to decline from their all-time record highs, largely because of a belated understand that credit […]

Rudderless Australia Drifts On

By John Richardson THERE used to be two certainties in life that everyone in Australia could depend on. We all know that the first certainty was, and sadly still is, death. But the second certainty was China acting as the “bankroller” of the Australian economy. This has all but vanished since late 2013. The second […]

China Peak Steel And Chemicals Demand May Have Arrived

By John Richardson EVERYONE involved in the iron ore business must be very worried about the recent speech by the new chairman of the China Iron & Steel Association. “Under the ‘new normal’ China’s iron and steel consumption has already entered into the peak zone,” he told his audience. China’s steel consumption will peak at […]

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