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Some smaller steelmakers and iron-ore producers have already worked out side deals independent of the major negotiations. Cotton & Western Mining Inc., a small iron-ore producer in Houston, Texas, announced that it has settled on a sales price of about $45 a metric ton for its customers in China for 2009.
Some analysts have predicted that China, essentially the arbiter of iron-ore prices, will need nearly 100 million metric tons less iron ore in 2009 than it needed in 2008. Nearly 80% of the iron ore produced around the world is sold to China's steel mills.
Zou Jian, a consultant at China Metallurgical Mines Association, said iron-ore imports will reach 350 million metric tons, down from 443 million metric tons in 2008. Part of the reason for the drop, he said, is that China is developing more domestic iron ore.
'The price gap is quite wide as miners are demanding a 20% reduction but we believe it has to go down by at least 50% from the 2008-09
Some analysts have predicted that China, essentially the arbiter of iron-ore prices, will need nearly 100 million metric tons less iron ore in 2009 than it needed in 2008. Nearly 80% of the iron ore produced around the world is sold to China's steel mills.
Zou Jian, a consultant at China Metallurgical Mines Association, said iron-ore imports will reach 350 million metric tons, down from 443 million metric tons in 2008. Part of the reason for the drop, he said, is that China is developing more domestic iron ore.
'The price gap is quite wide as miners are demanding a 20% reduction but we believe it has to go down by at least 50% from the 2008-09
就在大型矿产商和钢铁生产商仍在进行铁矿石价格谈判之际，一些规模较小的钢铁生产商和铁矿石生产商已经在场外达成了协议。美国休斯顿的小型铁矿石生产商Cotton & Western Mining Inc.宣布，它已于中国客户达成了每吨约45美元的2009年铁矿石供货价格。
一些分析师预计，中国作为主要的铁矿石进口国以及铁矿石价格谈判事实上的仲裁人，其2009年的铁矿石需求量将比2008年减少近1亿吨。中国的铁矿石进口量占铁矿石全球贸易量的80%。
中国冶金矿山企业协会的咨询师邹健说，中国2009年的铁矿石进口量将为3.5亿吨，低于2008年的4.43亿吨。他说，进口量下降的部分原因是中国国内的铁矿石产量不断增加。
浦项综合制铁公司负责原材料采购的副总裁在一份新闻稿中说，供需双方的价格期望值相差很大，矿产商希望只降价20%，而我们则认为铁矿石价格至少要比2008-09年水平下降50%。