China produced 78.975 million tons of crude steel and 3 million tons of ferroalloys in March.

Raw ore volume of iron ore in Hebei up by 3.8% YoY rom January to February.

Guangdong iron ore production up 77.85% in November.

China imported 1.069 billion tons of iron ore.

General Administration of Customs latest data showed that China imported 90.65 million tonnes of iron ore in November.

Brazilian iron ore export volumes decreased by 15.48% year on year in August.

Its own iron ore production in 2Q 2019 increased by 4.0% to 14.6Mt as compared to 14.1Mt in 1Q 2019.

C1 costs of US$12.78 per wmt, five per cent lower than the March quarter (US$13.51/wmt).