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World Business Report: First broadcast 16/02/2021 15:32 GMT : BHP's profits surge

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BHP Billiton's profits surge

First broadcast 16/02/2021 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 16/02/2021 15:32 GMT : BHP's profits surge

BHP's profits surge

BBC World Service - World Business Report, BHP's profits surge

The mining giant is doing well due to strong demand in China

The mining giant is doing well due to strong demand in China.

An increase in demand for iron ore has led to a sharp rise in BHP's profits, making the company the most valuable on the London stock market; BHP now expects China to churn out one billion tonnes of steel in 2021. So where is all that steel going? We hear from BHP's CEO Mike Henry and get additional analysis from Shaun Rein, a Shanghai-based business consultant. Plus, the era of Black Lives Matter has seen the toppling of statues in cities in Britain and the United States and calls for the return of cultural property stolen during colonial times are getting louder. At the same time, leaders of new cultural institutions in Africa are re-imagining the whole concept of what a 21st century museum should look like, as the BBC's Ivana Davidovic finds out in an extended report. And while many of the world's biggest football clubs have global scouting operations looking for the next Ronaldo or Messi, the pandemic is forced a rethink in how they do that, partly with the help of artificial intelligence. Premier League club, Burnley, for example, is asking young people to trial for the club's academy using a mobile phone app to film themselves performing specific drills. The app, called AiScout, makes money by charging clubs a fee and we hear from Richard Felton-Thomas, the app's director of sports science. (Picture of BHP Iron Ore plant, Port Hedland, Western Australia via Getty Images).

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