London 18 August 2010 09:02 Tuesday's forward curve: Aug $140/144 Sep $135/139 Oct $134.5/138 Q4 $133/136.5 Q1 ’11 $128/134 Cal '11 $122/128 Over-the-counter (OTC) iron ore swaps traded higher o

London 20 August 2010 13:10 Chartering rates for the main iron ore freight routes into China rose on Friday to reach new levels for August, according to Clarkson Securities. The Australia to China

Brisbane 20 August 2010 05:59 The Pilbara iron ore merger between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton will eventually be approved by regulators despite lengthy delays, Australian-based analysts said. "I se

London 20 August 2010 13:06 Third quarter iron ore contracts have largely gone as planned. Falling spot market values certainly put contract prices under pressure. But talk of defaults seem to have

London 18 August 2010 12:49 Russian rebar producers are expected to increase their local market prices next week, having pushed through a $10...

London 18 August 2010 14:39 Higher iron ore prices in 2010 gave ENRC’s earnings a $232 million boost in the first half of the year, the company said. Iron ore...

London 18 August 2010 17:14 ENRC is discussing shorter contract terms with MMK for the iron ore the Kazakh miner supplies to the Russian steelmaker, ENRC said. The two companies have a longterm offt

London 18 August 2010 17:45 Ukraine’s anti-monopoly committee has approved the planned merger between Ilyich Iron & Steel and Metinvest, as long as the company provides information about its sales p

London 19 August 2010 12:50 Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) is settling prices for iron it supplies to Russian steelmaker Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel (MMK) on a month-by-month basis as

London 20 August 2010 10:43 Severstal coal mining subsidiary UlughemUgol has submitted an application for a license to explore and mine a part of the Ulug-Khemsky’s coal basin’s western...

London 13 August 2010 09:52 Turkish domestic cold rolled coil prices market have increased $20-30 as mills pass on higher raw materials costs as well as tight supply. Bookings of cold rolled coil we

London 13 August 2010 10:27 Turkish mills have increased domestic hot rolled coil by $20 on higher scrap prices, according to market participants. Further rise are expected shortly, they added. Book

London 17 August 2010 11:34 Hot rolled coil producers have continued to sell small amounts of hot rolled coil to Middle Eastern buyers through Ramadan, market participants said. Prices have stayed r

London 17 August 2010 15:26 Turkey’s largest steelmaker Erdemir noted an improvement in business during the first half of 2010 after it suffered significant losses at the hands of the economic...

London 19 August 2010 12:33 Turkish producers rolled over their local market hot and cold rolled coil prices this week as traded tonnage...

London 19 August 2010 15:59 Hot and cold rolled coil offers originating outside of Turkey failed to attract new orders this week as Ramadan...

Chinese domestic hot rolled coil prices are ready to start another round of increase from middle of July after fluctuating for three weeks, said market participants. Prices have kept in a small band i

Spot prices for 63.5% Fe content Indian fines gained $4 over the week to $156-158 per tonne cfr main Chinese ports on Friday. Iron ore prices are still strengthening due to tight supply, though Chines

+ SHFE Jan rebar down 0.5% week-on-week to 4,311 yuan ($635) + SSEC Nov HRC down 1.4% week-on-week to 4,230 yuan ($623) Shanghai rebar futures fell on Friday, after the Shanghai composite stock index,

London 19 August 2010 15:25 Turkish mills are focussing their rebar marketing efforts on local customers as export sales sag, market participants told MB. “There is...