India: Buyers book around 20,000 t iron ore in SMIORE’s auction from Karnataka

SMIORE had a 33,000 t iron ore lumps auction from Karnataka on 23 Apr’24.

  • 4,000 t of lumps (20-40 mm, Fe 58%) got booked at the base price of INR 5,290/t.
  • 15,000 t of lumps (5-20 mm, Fe 55.3-56.2%) got booked at the base price of INR 4,500-4,870/t.
  • Prices include royalty, DMF and NMET.