Iron ore project review 2018
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Report summary
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- Project pipeline stronger but will it expand global capacity?
- Project cancellations and deferrals
- Project completions
- Capital costs decline again but is this the bottom of the cycle?
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Proposed capacity and capital expenditure
- Project incentive prices
- Potential capacity additions
- Project capital intensity
- Average capital intensity
- Projects with capex changes
What's included
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