Iron ore prices fall to $60 per tonne at Chinese ports amid trade jitters

By July Zhang / March 23, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Iron ore prices tumbled on Friday March 23 with China's ferrous market experiencing an across-the-board retreat amid concerns over a looming trade war between the country and the United States.

Key driversChina's Ministry of Commerce is considering imposing a 15% tariff on a list of US products that includes steel pipe and a 25% tariff on a second list that includes aluminium products, it said on Friday. A day earlier, the US said it would impose new tariffs on some $60 billion worth of Chinese imports. Concerns of a trade war...

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