The iron-ore price depreciation on the world market will not impact existing preliminary anti-dumping duties measures imposed by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) or the final investigations currently underway.

Import price of Iron ore in China On November 03（Tianjin Port）

Brazil / Australia - China freight On September 30

For 2014, Alcoa is forecasting a 7% increase in global demand for aluminium as well as a supply shortfall of 930 000 tonnes, which compares to the deficit of 730 000 tonnes projected by the company earlier in the year.

Casting producing nations produced a combined 15.4 million tons in 2012, the year of the most recent census, compared to 15.9 million tons in 2011.

Falls in the prices of iron ore and coal helped Chinese steelmakers to gain better profits for the first half even though the domestic industry still faces a serious overcapacity problem, experts said.

LME nickel price reached to the bottom and has been bouncing back already.

The spot price of iron ore fines 62% to China has increased slightly.