WEEKLY: Chinese BF mills' import iron ore stocks hit 9-mth low

Stockpiles of imported iron ore sintering fines held by Chinese integrated steelmakers continued falling in the past week amid mills' steady consumption and slow replenishment of the feed, Mysteel's latest survey showed.

As of October 14, total inventories of imported iron ore sintering fines piled at the yards of the 64 domestic blast furnace (BF) steelmakers under Mysteel's tracking had fallen to 12.3 million tonnes, lower by 4.1% from a week earlier and marking the lowest level since mid-January. Although the mills'