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Thirty-Two Tons a Second Shows China’s Record Iron Appetite

(Bloomberg): Iron ore imports by China surged to a record above 1 billion metric tons last year as unexpectedly strong steel production and lower local mine output combined to fire up demand in the world’s top buyer for cargoes from Australia and Brazil, supporting a rebound in prices. Asia’s top economy imported 1.024 billion tons in 2016, up 7.5 percent from a… Read more »