{"id":73046,"date":"2026-07-21T16:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=73046"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:33:51","slug":"china-iron-ore-fines-prices-fall-by-1-dmt-d-o-d-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=73046&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"China: Iron ore fines prices fall by $1\/dmt d-o-d"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Medium-grade fines face inventory pressure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Weak port fundamentals cap buying interest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iron ore fines (Fe 61%) spot prices fell by $0.90\/dmt d-o-d to $98.90\/dmt CFR North China on 20 July 2026, trading continued to focus on mainstream medium-grade fines. Seaborne prices faced downward pressure due to high port inventories of medium-grade material, despite an overall decline in total iron ore stocks.<\/p>\n<p>Iron ore prices at Chinese ports have continued to decline, reflecting weak market fundamentals. Although overall port inventories decreased compared to the previous week, high stock levels of medium-grade fines have dampened buying interest and limited any potential price increases.<\/p>\n<p>As per reports, mills anticipate that seaborne cargo arrivals will rise in the coming days as monsoon-related congestion eases, which could replenish port stocks. Additionally, significant volumes of cargo are still on vessels awaiting discharge, reinforcing expectations of a plentiful supply and restricting the potential for a price recovery.<\/p>\n<p>DCE iron ore futures:\u00a0Iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for the September 2026 contract dropped to RMB 749\/t on 20 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medium-grade fines face inventory pressure Weak port fundamentals cap buying interest Iron ore fines (Fe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537.jpg?v=1784630022",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-150x150.jpg?v=1784630022",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-300x169.jpg?v=1784630022",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-768x432.jpg?v=1784630022",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-1024x576.jpg?v=1784630022",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537.jpg?v=1784630022",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537.jpg?v=1784630022",1280,720,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-1115x715.jpg?v=1784630022",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-800x500.jpg?v=1784630022",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-1024x576.jpg?v=1784630022",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-540x340.jpg?v=1784630022",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537-400x250.jpg?v=1784630022",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:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-21T163319.537.jpg?v=1784630022","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73048,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73046\/revisions\/73048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}