Iron Ore Retreats as Shipments, Market Balance Take Spotlight

  • Goldman expects market to enter a surplus in 2H of 2021
  • Brazil shipments in April rose compared with March average
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Iron ore futures fell in China as investors weighed export data from top shippers and elevated stockpiles of the steel-making material.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. expects the market to enter a surplusBloomberg Terminal in the second half of the year on higher Brazilian exports, bank analysts wrote in a note, adding they see prices falling back to $110 a ton by the fourth quarter and below $100 in 2022.