China's iron ore import growth, steel export fall perks pricing

摘要

China’s latest trade data maybe underscoring why iron ore and cokingcoal prices are currently supported wellabove longer-term analyst price estimates,as steel industry measures inject someoptimism for miners.China, which imported a record 1.07 billionmt of iron ore in 2017, in January hauled in 100million mt, up 9.1% on a year earlier.