WEEKLY: Chinese BF mills' import iron ore stocks shrink

After rising for three weeks straight, stockpiles of imported iron ore sintering fines held by Chinese integrated steelmakers decreased in the past week, as mills' sintering demand weakened in northern China due to stricter environmental measures.

As of November 11, 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 dropped 84,100 tonnes or 0.7% from a week earlier to 12.6 million tonnes. Several cities in North China's Hebei province have issued