{"id":70867,"date":"2026-07-06T17:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=70867"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:16:22","slug":"india-pellet-export-index-inches-up-as-producers-conclude-deals-for-170000-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=70867&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"India: Pellet export index inches up as producers conclude deals for 170,000 t"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>BigMint&#8217;s India pellet (Fe 63%, 3-3.5% Al) export index increased by $1.5\/t to $99\/t FOB east coast on 3 Jul&#8217;26 against 1 Jul&#8217;26 amid active trading, with 170,000 t booked.<\/li>\n<li>Central India-based producer concluded a deal for 115,000 t (Fe 63\/64%, 1.5% Al2O3 and SiO2) at $124-125\/t CFR India.<\/li>\n<li>Another producer concluded a deal for 55,000 t (Fe 63%, 1.5% Al2O3 and SiO2) at $107-108\/t FOB India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BigMint&#8217;s India pellet (Fe 63%, 3-3.5% Al) export index increased by $1.5\/t to $99\/t FOB&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70867","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\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1783336576",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1?v=1783336576",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1?v=1783336576",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1783336576",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1783336576",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1783336576",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1783336576",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1?v=1783336576",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1?v=1783336576",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1?v=1783336576",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1?v=1783336576",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1?v=1783336576",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\/07\/Untitled-design-95-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1783336576","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55214,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55214&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":70867,"position":0},"title":"Indian producer concludes 50,000 t high-grade pellet export deal","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"January 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An Indian pellet-maker concluded a 50,000 t pellet (Fe 65%, 7% Al2O3 and SiO2) export deal via tender recently, sources informed BigMint. 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