FYI : Iron Ore Rally -> Highest price since Aug 2014https://www.mining.com/iron-ore-price-hits-2-5-year-high/
The Northern China import price of 62% Fe content ore jumped 4.6% on Friday, reaching $87 per dry metric tonne level after data showed imports by China, top consumer of the steelmaking raw material, continued to strengthen in 2017 after hitting an all-time high last year.
It was the highest level since August 2014 and the iron ore price has more than doubled in value over the past year following near-decade lows of $37 a tonne in December last year according to data supplied by The Steel Index.
Trade figures released overnight showed China imported 92 million tonnes of iron ore in January, up 12% or just less than 10 million tonnes compared to a year ago. Shipments for January were the second highest on record valued around $7 billion.