According to BHP's Financial Reports last financial year
the global price of iron ore averaged US$ 44 per tonne.
Not exact matches
Unlike oil, gold and copper, for which
prices are set in London and New York,
iron ore is one
of the few commodities whose
global pricing takes its cue from China.
The consolidated structure
of the
iron ore industry, and geographic separation from competing economic activities, appear to have facilitated a rapid pick - up in transport capacity in response to strong
global demand and
prices.
Iron ore contract
price negotiations have also commenced, and
price increases
of over 50 per cent are possible given the current strength
of global steel demand.
The collapse in
global iron ore prices isn't chasing Gina Rinehart away from the red soil
of Western Australia that made her a billionaire.
As a result
of the strong
global demand for steel, coking coal producers negotiated an increase
of around 120 per cent in contract
prices, with
iron ore contract
prices generally rising by more than 70 per cent (Graph 39).