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How trading iron ore is like the used car business

Frik Els | January 25, 2013 | 12:15 am Australia Iron Ore 

Jason West, associate professor at Griffith University, writing for The Conversation argues that the global iron ore trade is not dissimilar to buying and selling second hand cars. With used cars  the previous owner and to a lesser extent the dealer have...

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