Commodities rebound accelerating on China's doorstep

Melbourne

CHINA may be slowing, but a commodities rebound is under way and the world's biggest miner knows where the next growth story is building - emerging economies in South-east Asia.

Combined gross domestic product in the Asean-5 nations - Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam - will rise about a third to US$3 trillion in the five years to 2020, fuelling commodities-intensive infrastructure projects.

Momentum like this across Asia will help maintain and increase commodity demand, BH…