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Iron ore climbs to multi-week high on lower shipments, hopes of China stimulus

Iron ore futures prices extended their rise to hit the highest level in multiple weeks on Monday, bolstered by an obvious reduction in shipments...

BHP suspending China portside iron ore sales until April 22 for system upgrade

The world’s third-largest iron ore producer BHP Group BHP.AX will temporarily suspend portside sales in China for 11 days due to an internal system...

Iron ore drifts higher as soft China data triggers stimulus hopes

Iron ore futures prices drifted higher on Thursday as the latest soft data from top consumer China triggered renewed hopes of more stimulus in...

Dalian iron ore rises but caution grows over China demand recovery

Dalian iron ore futures prices rose for a third straight session on Wednesday, aided by expectations that construction activity is picking up in top...

China’s first quarter coal imports surge, defying gloomy forecasts

China’s coal industry says it doesn’t expect imports to increase this year, but the evidence from the first quarter is that the appetite of...

Iron ore nears two-week high on stimulus bets, post-holiday restocking

Iron ore futures prices climbed on Monday to their highest in nearly two weeks, buoyed by hopes of potential measures to bolster the feeble...

Dalian iron ore snaps 5-session slide as demand firms ahead of holidays

Dalian iron ore futures rose on Tuesday after a five-session slide, as Chinese buyers ramped up purchases ahead of public holidays later in the...

Iron ore slides to over one-week low on lingering China demand concerns

Iron ore futures prices extended losses on Wednesday to their lowest levels in more than one week, pressured by persistent concerns about demand in...

Iron ore slips on slower than expected China demand recovery

Iron ore futures prices fell on Tuesday, amid mounting risk-off sentiment as fundamentals of the key steelmaking ingredient remained unfavourable and as downstream steel...

Iron ore edges higher on hopes of China’s demand recovery

Iron ore futures edged higher on Monday, supported by hopes of further recovery in demand in top consumer China and Beijing’s pledge to support...

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