BHP, Rio customers cool on RMB commodity pricing
![Consumers of raw materials are less interested in paying in Chinese currency than those in government circles.](http://web.archive.org./web/20180508191151/http://www.afr.com/content/dam/images/g/x/d/6/f/9/image.related.afrIndexLead.320x210.h0zsln.png/1525767322769.jpg)
Australia's two biggest miners have seen little sign that customers want to use Chinese currency to buy their products, despite efforts in the Middle Kingdom to elevate Renminbi's role in global commodity trading.