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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Chinese steel market sources expressed contentment Monday at the country's 85-86 million mt of iron ore inventories at over 20 major Chinese sea ports at present, saying this will likely help steel mills to stabilize imported iron ore ...
Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is leading the effort to go abroad as the country's steel and iron industry struggles with overcapacity, reports Du Juan from Tangshan, Hebei province Against the background of the overcapacity problem ...
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BHP Billiton, the 3th world's biggest iron ore suppliers, expressed that the increase speed in iron ore supplies would accelerate and it would lead a lower price of iron ore. “The increase speed of supply will accelerate in the next ...
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India's Supreme Court has decided to lift the mining ban in Karnataka state, allowing 18 more mines, both category A and B, to resume operations 21 months after imposing a mining ban in the state for environmental reasons, according to ...
On January 10, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in 2012 the share of its own iron ore supplies in total iron ore consumption in its steel production increased to 59.01 percent, ...
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Anshan Iron and Steel Group has received approval from the National Development and Reform Commission for its largest ever expansion project. The project covers the developing of three new iron ore mines, expanding the current seven iron ...
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A delegation from Karachi-based Pakistani long steel producer Pakistan Steel Mills(PSM)is on a four-day visit to Iran to discuss iron ore supplies from the country to support the production of the Pakistani steelmaker,according to media ...
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Business Standard reported that according to the Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association, the recent clamp down on miners by the Odisha government is likely to affect India’s sponge iron production by around 15% in the current financial ...
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