Shrinking Chinese steel market will drag down iron ore price

Shrinking Chinese steel market will drag down iron ore price

Shrinking Chinese steel market will drag down iron ore price

The price of iron ore regained the psychologically important $50 a tonne level on Wednesday as the market for the steelmaking raw material stabilized following last weeks wild swings up and down.

The benchmark 62% Fe import price including freight and insurance at the Chinese port of Tianjin added $0.70 or 1.4% to $50.10 a tonne according to data provided by The SteelIndex.

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