02.01.2009 - China turns screws on iron ore giants
From News.com.au: Just days into the new year the signs from China for our battered big miners are ominous. According to reports out of Shanghai, the Chinese Government is seeking tighter control over iron ore imports to help drive down prices for the steel-making ingredient. That's bad news for the world's biggest iron ore producers - Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Brazil's Vale - as it will give Chinese steel giant Baosteel much greater muscle in the current round of iron ore price talks. .....Full Article: Source
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