Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending December 3, 2022 in thousands of net tons: North East: 139; Great Lakes: 541; Midwest: 196; Southern: 684 and Western: 70 for a total of 1630.
Brazilian miner Vale SA on Wednesday forecast that it would produce about as much iron ore next year as this year, and its shares fell more than 4% on the muted outlook and forecasts for steadily rising capital expenditure.
The index, which slowed for a third straight month, compared with a forecast for a 5.86% rise in November in a Reuters poll and followed October's 5.98% increase.
:Shipments of Chinese goods to Russia rose 17.9% year-on-year in dollar terms, slowing from 34.6% in October, but still marking the fifth monthly double-digit growth in a row, according to Reuters calculations based on Chinese customs data on Wednesday.