Oh, RIO, you idiot

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Now this is the definition of desperate:

“Chinese steel production has peaked, according to Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm, with output in the country’s economy likely to tail off over the remainder of the decade”.

“But the peak of steel output does not necessarily signal a decline in the iron ore trade, Mr Stausholm said, saying global steel production was yet to peak as developing countries outside of China – including India – likely to pick up the slack”.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.