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Bending Iron
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With the seeming collapse of the traditional iron ore forward contract system, who wins: miners, mills or investors? Matt Hougan and Dave Nadig dig in.
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With Chinese iron ore price negotiations inching closer to their conclusion, is the hope of recovery dimming among steelmakers?
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A Spy In The House Of Iron?
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- Published on Sunday, 12 July 2009 17:00
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Complications surround the extremely critical Chinese iron ore negotiations - and not just the usual ones.
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Breaking Iron?
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2008 04:29
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Iron ore is traditionally priced through the open negotiations of an informal cartel. But that situation is breaking down.
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Considering Iron
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- Published on Monday, 24 December 2007 02:55
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Iron is becoming more and more important, but its pricing is a complicated business.
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- Pricing is based largely on negotiated benchmark prices
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Indian Iron = Veggie Burgers
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- Published on Thursday, 24 May 2007 09:29
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Commodity investors often lose sight of the fact that all this wheat and ore has to eventually get somewhere. A recent move by India may be showing us that this could be an Achilles' heel – and it's floating in the Pacific.
