Market Price

Chinese iron ore

Iron concentrates

Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Xinjiang

Pellet

Hebei, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Gansu, Sichuan

Imported ore

Imported ore

Tianjin port, Jingtang port, Caofeidian port, Qingdao port, Rizhao port, Lanshan port, Lianyungang port, Zhenjiang port, Zhanjiang port

Seaborne price

Australia, Brazil, Iran, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Russia, Canada, Venezuela, Mauritania, Chile, Mexico, Sierra Leone, South Africa

Price Index

Sources

SteelHome

Domestic Iron Ore (65%), Imported Iron Ore (62%, 65%, 58%)

MetalBulletin

62%, 58%, Lump premium, 65%

Platts

62%, 58%, silica differential, TSI

Mills Purchase Price

Chinese iron ore

Baotou Steel, Handan Steel, Xingtai Steel, Tiantie, Hebei Wenfeng Steel, Puyang Steel, Ganglu Steel, Tangshan Jianlong, Jinxi Steel, Yanshan Steel, Xinda Steel, Songting Steel, QianAn Zhayi, Tangshan Delong, Chengde Steel, Lingyuan Steel, Benxi Steel, New Fushun Steel, Tonghua Steel, Jinan Steel, Laiwu Steel, Huaiyin Steel, Wuhu Ductile Pipe, Maanshan Steel, Xinyu Steel, Jiujiang Steel, Pingxiang Steel, Fangda Special Steel, Fujian Sanming Steel, Anyang Steel, Lingshuijiang Steel, Lianyuan Steel, Xiangtan Steel, Shaoguan Steel, Echeng Steel, Xinye Steel, Liuzhou Steel, Shuicheng Steel, Kunming Steel, Dazhou Steel

Port Inventory

Imported ore

47 ports: Yingkou port, Dalian port, Dandong port, Jinzhou port, Bayuquan port, Caofeidian port, Jingtang port, Tianjin port, Qinhuangdao port, Huanghua port, Qingdao port, Rizhao port, Lanshan port, Lanqiao port, Yantai port, Weifang port, Longkou port, Lianyungang port, Nantong port, Rugao port, Zhenjiang port, Nanjing port, Yangzhou port, Jiangyin port, Taizhou port, Changzhou port, Taicang port, Zhoushan port, Majishan port, Shanghai port, Baoshan port, Wuhu port, Xiamen port, Kemen port, Quanzhhou port, Pudian port, Mawei port, Zhanjiang port, Fangchenggang port, Gaolan port, Qingzhou port, Guangzhou port, Huangpu port, Mawan Shekou port

Shipments

Imported ore

to China

8 ports: Qingdao port, Rizhao port, Caofeidian port, Tianjin port, Jingtang port, Lianyungang port, Beilun port

Leave from Brazil

8 ports: Tubarao port, CPBS port, Guaiba Island Terminal, Porta Da Madeira, CSN Terminal, Ferroport Terminal, Porto Sudeste

Leave from Australia

6 ports: Dampier port, Port Hedland, Port Walcott, Esperance port, Geraldton-Karart port

Production cost

Hot metal

cost of large and medium scaled steel mills (with annual steel capacity > 5 million tons)

Transactions

Imported ore

Imported ore

Transactions at main China ports: Rizhao port, Qingdao port, Caofeidian port, Tianjin port, Lianyungang port, Huanghua port, inner ports along Yantze River

Seaborne ore

Bidding of Rio Tinto, on globalORE platform, on COREX platform, etc.

Derivatives

Exchanges

DCE

Iron ore futures price, transactions, basis

SGX

Iron ore swap price, transaction

Production

Chinese iron ore

32 provinces and regions: Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang

Import Statistics

Imported ore

Iron Ore

Import volume and value by province

Pellet

Import volume and value by original source

Lump

Import volume and value by original source

Concentrates

Import volume and value by original source