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Sales are likely to be 200 tons higher due to Lynas managing stockpiles.

But Jean Simard, president and chief executive of the Aluminium Association of Canada, told the BBC that Americans are starting to feel squeezed as their stockpiles of the metal deplete.

Vucic said NIS had stockpiled enough fuel to last until the end of the year, with further reserves held by the government.

They expect coal prices to stay under pressure for the next six to 12 months, given high stockpiles and renewables displacing coal in the energy mix in China.

Other controversial proposals include efforts to allow governments to sell stockpiles of elephant ivory and rhino horn.