81.   Australian iron ore suppliers have won marginal increases in the price of iron ore bought by Japanese steel mills, breaching a wide divide between the two.

82.   BHP sells coal iron ore, and some steel, while Rio Tinto supplies coal.

83.   But, for the second time, the administration has delayed a diesel emissions rule that would affect other mining operations, such as iron ore and gold.

84.   Coke is then used in blast furnaces to convert iron ore into iron, which can be further refined to produce steel.

85.   Chinese exports consisted mainly of electronic equipment, fabrics, paint materials and iron ore.

86.   Export earnings also rose for iron ore, steaming coal, aluminum, liquefied natural gas, refined gold, zinc, and gems.

87.   Exports handicrafts, light engineering goods, leather, textiles, iron ore, sugar and rice.

88.   GIIC currently imports iron ore from Brazil, Sweden, and India.

89.   He is credited with recognizing early on that Japan had a need for iron ore, and finding a way to import it from South America.

90.   He said demand for iron ore from China was also increasing, reflecting increased steel production in that country.