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Chinese steel demand to double by 2020

mining news | March 23, 2010 | 5:42 am

A reclaimer working in the Yandicoogina stockyard and loading a conveyor with high grade iron ore in Western Australia’s Pilbara region / File Source: AFP CHINA’S steel demand is expected to double by 2020 as its urbanisation and industrialisation continues, Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Sam Walsh says.