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Margins at Chinese steel mills have plunged below zero.
Iron ore lost almost a quarter of its value in a dizzying eight-day plunge through Monday.
Chinese coking coal and coke futures fell on Friday, pulling back from record highs scaled a session earlier, although the steelmaking ingredients were set for more than 10% weekly gains. Coking coal DJMcv1 on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange ended daytime trading 1.8% lower at 2,523 yuan ($389.25) a tonne after a seven-session rally. Coke DCJcv1 ...
A sharp rise in the price of iron ore in the last few days is set to prove temporary, with forecasters still expecting the price to consolidate through the end of the year.