Iron ore over $100 per tonne will prove temporary

Iron ore prices have soared on the back of disruptions to supply and strong growth in demand from China’s steel sector. We think that neither will last. Consequently, we expect the price of iron ore to drop by more than a fifth over the remainder of 2019.

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