| 1 | India is another key consumer of the metals and other raw materials that Rio Tinto produces, including copper, aluminium, coking coal and diamonds. | |
| 2 | The price of coking coal under the contracts will surge initially by about 55 per cent, according to one Japanese steelmaker. | |
| 3 | About 60 percent of coal production would be high quality coking coal, and the company would target western China as its main export market, he added. | |
| 4 | Despite those investments, coking coal and iron ore prices have skyrocketed through most of the past decade -- something Japanese investors have done little to impede. | |
| 5 | 不过,铁矿石、炼焦煤和废钢成本飙升带来的切肤之痛要到第三季才能感受到,分析师多预期届时会看到用户放缓补充库存的速度,同时终端用户的需求却未见提高。 But the real pain of soaring costs for iron ore, coking coal and scrap will hit in the third quarter, when analysts see a possible slow down in restocking and end-user demand yet to pick up. |