Value-in-use iron ore costs Q2 2025
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Report summary
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Lump and pellet premiums decline slightly in Q2 2025
- Fines and impurities
- Cash margins of Australia and Brazil to shrink in Q2 2025
- China’s costs and supply
- VIU assumptions
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Q2 2025 VIU adjusted cost by country (CFR China)
- Q2 2025 VIU adjusted cost by percentile (CFR China)
- Q2 2025 seaborne iron ore cash costs by operator (CFR China, unadjusted for quality)
- Q2 2025 seaborne iron ore cash costs by operator (CFR China, 62% Fe fines equivalent)
- Q2 2025 China value-in-use adjusted cost curve (62% Fe fines equivalent)
What's included
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