As of May 26, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 114.82 million mt, up 1.95 million mt or 1.73 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on May 19, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same ...
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The seaborne iron ore cended a two-day rally and dipped again Friday, tracking a withdrawal in buying activity as the fast spike and current supply glut hit spot purchasing. Platts assessed the 62% Fe IODEX at $98.75/dmt CFR North China, ...
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Domestic iron ore concentrate prices in north China's Hebei province have declined further by an average 5.7% or Yuan 55/dmt ($11) over the week, in response to both lower domestic steel prices as well as weakening imported iron ore prices, ...
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Spot Asian coking coal prices moved sideways Monday as ominous signals from the Chinese steel industry, nagging concerns about lower costs and abundant supplies hurt trading sentiment. Lower domestic prices continued to be used as a key ...
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Diversified iron ore developer London Mining said Monday it produced 900,000 mt of iron ore from the Marampa operation in Sierra Leone in the first quarter, up 17% from Q4 2013, while it looked for a minority investor to help it cope with ...
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As of May 6, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 108.95 million mt, up 640,000 mt or 0.59 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on April 28, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same ...
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As of April 28, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 108.31 million mt, down 100,000 mt or 0.09 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on April 21, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the ...
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BC Iron reported Monday a 9% increase in iron ore exports over January-March to 1.22 million mt from its Nullagine 75:25 joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group from 1.12 million mt a year earlier. The exports were, however, down 20% ...
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Speaking on behalf of World Steel Dynamics (WSD) at SteelHome's 10th Steel Development Strategy Conference held recently in Shanghai, Wu Wenzheng, president of SteelHome, said that WSD's global steel output forecast for 2014 is 1.61 billion ...
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As of April 21, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 108.41 million mt, indicating a decrease of 520,000 mt or 0.48 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, the ...
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Chinese iron ore importers on Monday denied they were under pressure to sell their port stocks so that they repay their debts to the country's banks, refuting recent local media reports. The importers added that the price of the more than ...
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Speaking at SteelHome's 10th Steel Development Strategy Conference held in Shanghai over the weekend, Wu Wenzheng from SteelHome indicated that the overcapacity problem in China cannot be resolved in the short term, adding that many steel ...
The seaborne iron ore market reversed losses Thursday, as an influx of buying activity suddenly emerged in the spot market. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $116.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, up $1.50/dmt from Wednesday. ...
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Iron ore prices are likely to drop to $115/dry mt CFR China this year, lower than Q1's $120.68/dmt average, forcing as much as 70-80 million mt/year of high-cost Chinese supplies to shut, Standard Bank said Monday. Iron ore reference ...
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Iron ore prices of just under $120/mt are likely to stay flat in the medium term, with some softening expected in the short term, a Sanlam Securities' mining analyst said Wednesday. "There's going to be volatility in the iron ore price as ...
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