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Iron ore price down as Beijing moves to cool coal prices
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Iron ore prices continued to fall on Thursday as Beijing beefed up measures to cool surging coal prices.
The country’s top economic planner held a slew of meetings with key producers and industry associations on Wednesday to discuss measures such as setting price levels and ways to better identify companies engaged in “profiteering.”
According to Fastmarkets MB, benchmark 62% Fe fines imported into Northern China were changing hands for $112.65 a tonne, down 5.8% from Wednesday’s closing.
Shanghai stainless steel futures, for December delivery, slid 3.2% to 19,295 yuan per tonne.
“Affected by energy consumption controls, environmental curbs during winter heating season and the Winter Olympics… steel supply is expected to be restricted continuously, iron ore demand will be dented in the long term,” analysts with CITIC Securities said in a note.
Source: mining.com
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