News & Trends
Monday Market Monitor - Iron Ore - WEEK 05 - Period of inactivity - 06 Feb, 2012
Iron ore market was devoid of activity last week with Chinese buyers adopting cautious attitude amid concern that slowing global economic growth and Europes sovereign debt crisis may curb demand for the raw material used in steelmaking

However some improvement was reported for very low grade iron ore

FOB India
Grade
Fe 63.5/63%
Fe 63.5/62.5%
Fe 63/62%
Fe 62/61%
Fe 61/60%
Fe 60/59 %
Fe 59/58 %
Fe 58/57%
Fe 57/56 %
Fe 56/55%
Fe 55/54 %
Fe 54/ 53 %
Fe 53/52 %
Fe 52/51 %
Fe 51/50%
Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

With the impending gradual shift form benchmark pricing based long term contracts to spot cargos, it has become more vital for both sellers as well as buyers to precisely monitor the daily movements of iron ore spot prices to keep tab on trends and spot opportunities.

This has galvanized us to start reporting domestic prices of iron ore at Barbil & Bellary and export prices on FOB Indian port.

Domestic iron ore spot pricing information updated 5 days a week whereas export spot prices FOB Indian port as and when they change

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