• World's top IO miners' cash costs below $15/wmt in 2017 Mar 02, 2018

  The world's top four iron ore miners successfully lowered or kept their production cash costs below $15/wmt in 2017, so as to maintain their competitiveness in the market, Mysteel understands from their publicly-shared information.

• FEATURE: MIIT bans new steel capacity via swaps in 2018 Jan 09, 2018

  China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has fine-tuned its steel capacity swap guidelines in the latest version.

• FEATURE: China's IO price to average $60-65/t for 2018 Jan 04, 2018

  China's iron ore price is expected to average $60-65/dmt CFR China for the 62% grade fines for 2018, as the country's steel consumption is expected to slow in the pace of growth while global iron ore market will remain oversupply, according to Chinese steel market analysts.

• FEATURE: China Oct coking coal imports dip 12.6% MoM Dec 01, 2017

  China's coking coal imports reverted down in October by 12.6% month on month to 5.27 million tonnes, according to the latest official statistics released by the General Administration of Customs.

• China's Oct steel output up 0.7% on month albeit curbs Nov 15, 2017

  China's crude steel output still grew 0.7% month on month to 72.36 million tonnes in October despite emergency restraints on steel mills in some of the "2+26" cities last month, partly due to the fact that steel mills in those unaffected areas had been maximizing their iron and steel outputs amid high margins, market sources shared on November 15.

• ANALYSIS: Why have iron ore prices flatlined? Nov 14, 2017

  Most major iron ore benchmarks have remained within a narrow range since mid-to-late September, as falling domestic blast furnace consumption has been mitigated by reduced iron ore supply.