{"id":8025,"date":"2006-06-12T15:40:13","date_gmt":"2006-06-12T22:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/06\/12\/china-still-steely-barry-fitzgerald\/"},"modified":"2006-06-12T15:40:13","modified_gmt":"2006-06-12T22:40:13","slug":"china-still-steely-barry-fitzgerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/06\/china-still-steely-barry-fitzgerald\/","title":{"rendered":"China still steely &#8211; Barry Fitzgerald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/chinasteely.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"chinasteely.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/chinasteely-thumb.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> From The Age:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Global  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron-ore \"target=\"_blank\">iron ore<\/a> heavyweights have increased pressure on China to fall into line with the rest of the steel-making world and accept a 19 per cent increase in contract prices for shipments of the key material in 2006-07.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pilbara \"target=\"_blank\">Pilbara <\/a>producer<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rio_Tinto_Group \"target=\"_blank\"> Rio Tinto <\/a>turned up the heat yesterday, saying that global demand for iron ore was now stronger than when price negotiations with the Chinese steel industry started six months ago. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/articles\/2006\/06\/12\/1149964469038.html \"target=\"_blank\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Age: Global iron ore heavyweights have increased pressure on China to fall into line with the rest of the steel-making world and accept a 19 per cent increase in contract prices for shipments of the key material in 2006-07. 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