Economics
Mobius Draws Contrast Between Iron Ore's Wild Ride, Fundamentals
- Prices ‘going all over the place,’ emerging markets guru says
- Spot rate has dropped to $50s after nearing $100 in February
Mobius Says Iron Ore Consumption Likely to Be Sustained
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Iron ore consumption in China will probably be sustained as Asia’s top economy builds out infrastructure, according to Mark Mobius, who highlighted what he sees as a difference between the industry’s relatively stable supply-demand fundamentals and large swings in prices.
“We’ve got to separate those two things,” the executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group said in an interview in Singapore, without giving a price forecast. “Supply-demand is one thing, price is another thing. Because the price is subject to all kinds of external factors, and the traders who are betting on the price going up or down or so forth,” he said on Monday.