{"id":55205,"date":"2026-01-25T11:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T05:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55205"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T05:54:24","slug":"india-iron-ore-concentrate-prices-inch-up-amid-active-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55205&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"India: Iron ore concentrate prices inch up amid active deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Fe 62% iron ore concentrate prices stood at INR 5,100\/t ($57\/t) exw-Jabalpur, up by INR 50\/t ($1\/t) from 21 Jan&#8217;26, as per BigMint&#8217;s latest assessment on 24 Jan.<\/li>\n<li>One transaction was recorded during the current assessment window.<\/li>\n<li>Concentrate prices remained supported, backed by a tight demand-supply balance, robust bidding in recent OMC auctions, and active trade at prevailing prices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fe 62% iron ore concentrate prices stood at INR 5,100\/t ($57\/t) exw-Jabalpur, up by INR&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769320460",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1?v=1769320460",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1?v=1769320460",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1769320460",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1769320460",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769320460",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769320460",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1?v=1769320460",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1?v=1769320460",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1?v=1769320460",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1?v=1769320460",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1?v=1769320460",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=313&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Iron &amp; Steel<\/a>","tag_info":"Iron &amp; Steel","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-25T115355.609.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769320460","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55805,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55805&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":55205,"position":0},"title":"India: Iron ore concentrate prices hold firm","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"February 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Indian Fe 62% iron ore concentrate prices remained steady at INR 5,050\/t ($55\/t) exw-Jabalpur on 31 Jan'26 against 28 Jan26, as per BigMint's latest assessment. 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