Thursday, January 29, 2009

MMK Secures 41 Percent Iron Ore Reduction

Russian steelmaker MMK claims it has secured a 41 percent decrease in its iron ore price for 2009.

Company chairman Mr V Rashnikov said that the company managed to agree a reduction in price from USD85 to USD 50 per tonne from January 2009 despite a long term contract till April 1st 2009.

The main iron ore supplier to MMK is ENRC of Kazakhstan. Both sides concluded a 10 year contract in 2007 with the price to be revised yearly according to global iron ore prices.

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