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Vale bends to new quarterly iron ore pricing model

Andrew Topf | December 08, 2011 | 12:53 am China Europe Iron Ore 

Pressured by Asian and European steelmakers not wanting to be locked into expensive iron ore contracts, Vale SA (NYSE:VALE) has bent to a new system that would see lower quarterly prices. The Big 3 iron ore producers — Vale, Rio...

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