Most of the capital goods in China posted lower prices in late October compared with mid-October, official data showed Friday.

The province's total import and export value from January to September hit 260.91 billion yuan ($35.96 billion), up 16.4 percent year-on-year.

Since its first iron ore shipment to China in 1973, Rio Tinto has supplied China with more than 3.5 billion tons of high-quality iron ore.

The company signed a cooperation agreement with Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel at the fourth CIIE in 2021 to provide the latter with approximately 4 million metric tons of iron ore worth $460 million this year.

The Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Partnership made up of Linde, Energy Harbor, GE Aerospace, Cleveland-Cliffs steel manufacturing and the University of Toledo has moved forward with its US Department of Energy hydrogen hub application.

The sentiment for finished steel prices continued to slide as the November scrap buy week was underway, according to the most recent S&P Global Commodity Insights US steel market participant survey.

The daily trading volume on the LME, inclusive of the liquidity window, totaled 16,930 mt on Nov. 1 and 33,430 mt on Nov 2.

The MOU is to study the development of a high-quality iron ore logistics and processing facility, according to an NIDC statement circulated on Oct. 30.