Iron Ore Sinks and Steel Mills Go Dark on Deepening China Gloom
- Steel mills are losing money and opting to do maintenance
- Steel-making ingredient has lost around 20% in eight days
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Iron ore plunged more than 7% in Singapore -- giving up all its gains this year -- as steel mills idled blast furnaces amid growing pessimism over the demand outlook in China.
The steel-making ingredient has now lost around a fifth of its value in a run of declines that’s extended to an eighth day. Chinese prices of metallurgical coal, used to make steel, were down as much as 12% at the lowest since late February.