| What is common between the production and marketing approaches of the 12-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and the world's three largest producers of iron ore - Vale, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto? The fall in prices of crude oil from $115 a barrel in June 2014 to $64 now and of iron ore from $205 a tonne to $62.5 have not proved enough disincentive for leading producers of the two most globally traded commodities to apply a production brake.
Opec and the ore triumvirate do not see merit in restricting production at lowest cost enterprises, which will allow high-cost producers to stay in business. As big miners remain engaged in commissioning large new capacity and others that cannot abandon projects nearing completion, the seaborne ore glut could rise to 260 million tonnes (mt) by the end of next year...............................................Full Article: Source
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