EXCLUSIVE: Vale spikes Q2 2021 BF, DR pellet premiums

February 27, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Vale - the largest supplier of iron ore pellets and a trendsetter in the global market - has again hiked its premiums for blast furnace (BF) and direct-reduced (DR) pellets up for the second quarter of 2021, Fastmarkets understands.

Vale settled its BF pellet premium for the second quarter of 2021 at $52 per tonne, compared with a first-quarter 2021 premium of $40 per tonne, Fastmarkets learned.
Vale set a second-quarter 2021 DR pellet premium of $60.20 per tonne, up from $46.30 per tonne in the first quarter this year.

The premiums are applied on top of Fastmarkets' 65% Fe Brazil-origin...

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