Dalian coking coal slumped 6.1% and coke dropped 3.8%.

Benchmark 62% Fe fines imported into Northern China fell 4.41%, to $109.89 per tonne.

Guinea's mines minister has ordered all work related to the Simandou iron-ore mine project halted after the two companies involved missed an extended deadline to agree on a joint venture, a letter seen by Reuters showed on Monday.

Tulla Resources’ subsidiaries Central Norseman Gold Corporation (CNGC) and Pangolin Resources have entered into an offtake and funding agreement with Australia-based Constance Iron, for its Norseman iron-ore project, in Australia.

Iron-ore advanced from its lowest close in more than six months after President Xi Jinping pledged to achieve economic goals for the year, despite pandemic and property headwinds.

The successful attempt of a group of bondholders to assume control of Brazil’s Samarco Mineração could trigger the interest of several companies to buy the iron ore pellet producer.

Guinea gives Simandou iron-ore mine developers 14-day deadline

First ore delivered at Gudai-Darri