Iron ore breakeven prices 2009-2025
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- FMG will struggle to sustain its low breakeven price
- Russian breakevens are not sustainable
- Breakeven price definition and methodology
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- Breakeven prices of the four majors (US$/dry tonne, CFR China 62% Fe fines basis, real 2016)
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