Iron ore's growing scrap threat

November 12, 2018 / www.mining-journal.com / Article Link

Perhaps even more ironic, much of the BHP train wreck on the line to Port Hedland in Western Australia, including wagons and pieces of the locomotives, could end up in a Chinese scrap-metal yard and become part of a growing scrap problem for iron ore miners.

 

One recent estimate is that 70-80 million tonnes of iron ore could soon be displaced by the rising tide of scrap in China, which is used to make steel i...

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