Iron ore market rolled over this week in Tangshan, and market activity was locked in a stalemated. Bids from local leading steel mills were at parity to the end of last week, beating iron ore mines’ expectation, thereby leading to low ore supply to the mills. Fundamentally, uncertain operation resumption of iron ore and a supply crunch made offers from beneficiation plants firm, and most the plants took a wait-and-see approach. On the demand side, with coke price uptick and iron ore price hike, profits of steel mills eroded. However, operating rate of BF remained high, giving a certain boost to iron ore. On the whole, with low availability, there will probably be a room for negotiation on iron ore concentrate prices in Tangshan.
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