（路透社）中国铁矿石现货价格随货物需求放缓正在走低

中国作为全球最大钢材生产国和消费国受欧债危机和本国房地产紧缩政策影响经济下滑，钢铁价格自四月至六月间下滑6%。
一位深圳矿商说到，现在钢厂购买意愿不强矿石贸易商们交易艰难。
钢铁指数的数据显示62%铁矿石基准价格在6月28日下降0.5美元到134.9美元，在四月到六月间降幅超过8%。

Reuters reported that spot prices for iron ore cargoes to China fell on June 29th 2012 as buying interest from steel mills remained tepid, with data showing a fall in industrial profits for a second straight month underlining slower domestic growth.
Steel demand in China, the world's largest producer and consumer, has been waning since early April 2012 as Europe's debt crisis and a property tightening campaign have slowed economic growth, dragging down steel prices by 6 percent over April to June 2012 period.
China is expected to grow at the slowest pace in more than three years this quarter and industrial profits fell for a second straight month in May 2012 on slackening domestic and external demand.
A Shenzhen based iron ore trader said that "Traders sealed deals to buy iron ore but have found it difficult to sell on market as mills are not buying."
Data from the Steel Index showed that benchmark iron ore with 62% iron content IO62-CNI=SI dropped half a dollar to USD 134.90 per tonne on June 28th 2012, the lowest since June 14th 2012. It fell more than 8% over the April to June 2012 period.
Still, there are hopes Beijing will do more to boost the world's second largest economy, which could lift steel and iron ore demand later in the year.
Source - Reuters

Edited by Mysteel Bryan