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The Iron Ore Trade 2000-2010

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Table 1 ʹ World Trade Exports ʹ Iron Ore Concentrates by Country, 2006 (NationMaster.com, 2010) _________4p
Table 2 ʹ Iron Ore production by Country 2004 - 2008 (Jacobson, 2008) _________________________________ 5p
Figure 1 - Chart shows the volume of iron ore ports by country in 2009 _________________________________ 6p
Table 3 - World Trade Imports ʹ Iron Ore Concentrates by Country, 2006 (NationMaster.com, 2010) _________6p
Table 4 - Volume & growth of China͛s Iron Ore Imports for the Period 2000-2010 _________________________7p
Table 5 - Sources of China͛s Iron Ore Imports _______________________________________________________7p
Figure 3 -MV Berge Stahl _______________________________________________________________________8p
Figure 4 - Chinamax vs. MV Berg Stahl ____________________________________________________________8p
Figure 5 ʹ Coal & Ore Shipping Routes (Hunting Plc Uk, 2009) _________________________________________9p
Table 6 ʹ The World͛s Largest Iron Ore Producers (King, 2010) ________________________________________ 9p
Table 7 - Baltic Capesize Market Trend ___________________________________________________________10p
Table 8 - Newbuilding Prices vs. 5 Year Old Second Hand Price in the Capesize sector. ____________________11p

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