[Ferro-alloys.com] It is reported that Brazil's Vale announced to cut its iron ore production cost below to US$13/ton before 2018, due to iron ore market prices continued to fall so far. It is understood that Vale planned to focus on high quality raw materials...

[Ferro-alloys.com] According to statistics data released, Korea imported 7.038 million tons of iron ore in July this year, an increase of 14.2% year on year. During January-July, the country imported a total of 43.083 million tons of iron ore, an increase of 0...

According to statistics, the iron ore exported from the Australian Port Hedland totaled 35 million tons in July, dropping by 8.6% from the previous month and down by 2% from the same month a year ago.

According to the data from Brazil’s trade ministry, Brazil’s iron ore exports to China dropped by 2.2% in July to 15.9 million tons compared to the same month a year ago.

Russia exported some 9.76 million tons of iron ore during the first five months, decreasing by 9.1% year on year.

According to statistics, UK’s iron ore imports during the first five months reached 4.672 million tons, down by 3.3% or 158,000 tons on the prior comparable period.

Japan imported 10.47 million tons of iron ore in June, a decrease of 2.7% compared to the same month of last year, according to statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, the country’s iron ore exports totaled 23.65 million tons in May, decreasing by 0.76% from the same month a year ago.