Wang Jiahua, CMA executive vice president, told a Melbourne Mining Club lunch that Australia and China needed to co-operate more and that Chinese investment in Australia had fallen because of a confusing mining tax, poor infrastructure and labour and indigenous issues.
"The key to China's steel industry and Australian ore supplier cooperation is to find a balance between the interests," he said. "Can the two sides discuss and perhaps adopt a cross-shareholding approach to establish a long-term mutually beneficial China-Australian iron ore partnership?"
Following today's revelation in The Australian that China's premier had urged BHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie to lower commodities prices, Mr Wang said there was a "lack of a fair mineral pricing mechanism”.
"It is hard to imagine whatever the Chinese sell will be cheap, whatever the Chinese buy will be expensive," he said.
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