"We remain quite optimistic about the pick-up of the Chinese economy in the course of the year," CEO Mike Henry said on Tuesday at the AFR Business Summit in Sydney. BHP last month reported a steeper-than-expected 32% fall in first-half profit owing to a drop in iron ore prices, but flagged a brightening outlook in China. (Reporting by Lewis Jackson and Praveen Menon; Editing by Leslie Adler)
praveen.menon.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net; Twitter: @Journopraveen)) SYDNEY, March 7 (Reuters) - The chief executive of
global miner BHP Group said the company was positive
about the growth of the Chinese economy this year, with green
shoots already appearing.
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