Iron ore was one of the most resilient sectors in Australia's resources industry during Covid-19, with another record-breaking year of profits in the 2019-20 fiscal year to 30 June.

Japan's iron ore purchases from Australia and Brazil remained weak in April despite a slight recovery in overall iron ore imports during the month.

ANSA reported that a court has sentenced brothers Mr Fabio Riva and Mr Nicola Riva to 22 and 20 years in jail respectively for the environmental disaster caused by the ILVA steelworks in the southern city of Taranto.

Effected by the pandemic, OM paused the production of ferro-alloys in Malaysia.

"Regulators pay a lot of attention to the local environment, but not to the net benefits to the climate," said Anna Borg, chief executive of Swedish utility Vattenfall.

Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised exports of copper.

Australian copper miner 29Metals and its shareholders are seeking to raise as much as A$609.1-million ($471-million) in an initial public offering (IPO) in Sydney.

China will strengthen management of both supply and demand sides to curb "unreasonable" increases in commodity prices.