Australia is ready to do a deal, but we don’t do deals for deals sake,” Farrell said in a statement before departing.

The front-month contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange has surged to a record premium, indicating the market's overwhelming preference for prompt deliveries of the metal.

As China advances comprehensive rural revitalization and bolsters food security, multinational agribusinesses are finding new impetus to deepen their engagement across the nation’s extensive ...