CHINA PIG IRON: Prices weaken in Brazil-origin deals

The import market for China's pig iron weakened during August 26 to September 9 in transactions for Brazilian cargoes, according to sources.

Around 100,000 tonnes of basic pig iron were sold from Brazil to China on Thursday September 2 at $535-540 per tonne cfr China, sources said.
Fastmarkets' fortnightly assessment for the price of pig iron, import, cfr China was at $535-540 per tonne on Thursday September 9, down by $5-10 per tonne from two weeks earlier.

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