Australian miners extend losses, track metal prices lower

BHP

10/06/2026 05:19

** Australian miners .AXMM fall as much as 1.5%, on course for their fourth consecutive session of losses, if current trend holds
** Australian benchmark .AXJO up 0.1% 
** Miners slip on the back of falling iron prices on higher steel exports from China and lower metal prices MET/L O/R
** Index heavyweight Rio Tinto RIO.AX tumbles 1%
** YTD, sub-index up 11.5% while AXJO down 1.2%
     

 (Reporting by Aamir Sheik Khalid in Bengaluru)
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