Insight
Pellet feed - a small market with big potential
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Report summary
Pellet feed is a small but fast growing segment of the iron ore market: global trade is approximately 90Mtpy representing just 6% of the total iron ore market. But trade in pellet feed is forecast to grow at a trend rate of over 10% pa over the next five years, versus growth of just 3% pa for the overall iron ore market. In this Insight we provide a brief overview of demand, supply and pricing of traded pellet feed.
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- What is pellet feed?
- Demand for seaborne pellet feed - China dominates.
- The rise of demand from Middle East
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Major suppliers of seaborne pellet feed
- Anglo American (Minas-Rio)
- Ansteel (Karara)
- CITIC Pacific (Sino Iron)
- Pellet feed pricing
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Chart 1: Pellet production and net exports in 2013 - top 10 producers accounted for 93% of global production...
- Chart 2: ...among which only China requires imported pellet feed.
- Chart 3: The import dependency of pellet feed is expected to rise to 50%.
- Major pellet feed suppliers in the seaborne market
- Chart 4: Pellet feed pricing before 2009
- Chart 5: Pellet feed pricing since 2013
What's included
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