Africa-China Relations The State of relations between the Chinese nation and the continent of Africa is steadily growing. The 21st-century has seen a significant paradigm shift of the world's largest trading nations. China is by far the ...
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Jiangsu Shagang Group, the largest ferrous scrap user in China, on Saturday cut its buying price of heavy melting scrap 6 millimeters and above thick of Yuan 30 to Yuan 1,770/mt, including 17% value-added tax, delivered to Zhangjiagang, ...
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China's exports growth narrowed from previous drops in October while imports accelerated growth, however weak global demand might weigh on future trade growth. Exports measured in yuan fell 3.2 percent year on year in October, a slower ...
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China's export growth in yuan-denominated terms slowed to 1.2 percent year on year in May from 4.1 percent in April, customs data showed Wednesday. Imports grew 5.1 percent, significantly rebounding from a 5.7-percent decline in April, ...
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After dropping for five consecutive weeks, ferrous scrap prices in eastern China remained stable for the second week following the recent increase in domestic rebar and seaborne iron ore prices. Platts assessed heavy melting scrap 6 mm ...
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China's iron ore importers need to keep a close eye on the country's steel mills as they mull output cuts and shutdowns amid a year-end credit crunch, the China Iron and Steel Association said Thursday. Prices of iron ore derivatives ...
Investment bank Goldman Sachs late Wednesday lowered its iron ore price forecast for 2017 by $5/dmt to $35/dmt CFR China after a faster-than-expected softening in seaborne prices. "Iron ore prices have reached our $40/dmt forecast one ...
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Major iron ore producers will have to cut production like aluminum producers did in 1994 to halt the current slump in spot prices, investment bank Investec said in a note Tuesday. "In our view if iron ore prices prevail at current levels ...
Congestion at most Chinese ports has eased further over the past week due to a general improvement of the weather, a port agent source said Wednesday. Dense fog, strong winds, heavy rain and snow made several China ports close from time ...
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The Singapore Exchange is increasingly taking on a bigger share of coking coal futures volume, latest trade data showed Tuesday. The SGX's FOB Australia Premium Coking Coal Futures contract made up 285,000 mt in trade November, up from ...
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Australian miner Roy Hill said Tuesday the first vessel has docked at its newly completed South West Creek Wharf in Port Hedland in readiness for loading iron ore fines and lump from its new mining operation. The vessel MV Anangel ...
Seaborne iron ore prices reached a new historic low Tuesday as the Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index, or IODEX, lost $0.75/dmt on the day to reach $44/dmt CFR North China. It is the lowest point the IODEX has been since Platts' began spot ...
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Chile's CAP Mineria's net profits in the first nine months of the year fell 83% to $17.3 million as lower iron ore prices cut income despite higher shipments and record production, according to results late Friday. The company, the mining ...
Brazilian iron ore miner Samarco may be out of iron ore pellets within three weeks following a fatal tailings dam collapse last week, a source familiar with the company said Monday. An indefinite stoppage could affect global pellet ...
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West coast Indian miner Fomento Resources has offered a cargo of 57%-Fe iron ore fines material through a spot tender Thursday, making this the first iron ore shipment the miner will send out of Goa after the state's mining bans were ...
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