The drawdown reflects both earlier disruptions to Australian and Brazilian shipments due to adverse weather and mediocre domestic mining output, which fell -12% YoY in 1Q’25. Echoing the 2023 destocking pattern – when mills were forced into emergency purchases after excessive drawdowns – iron ore prices CFR China for May have now breached 100$/t, beginning to price in a restocking phase.
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