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| TABLE 15 | ||||||||
| SELECTED PRICES FOR IRON ORE IN THE JAPANESE MARKET1 | ||||||||
| (Cents per dry long ton unit of iron unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||
| April 1-March 31 | ||||||||
| Country and producer | Ore types | Fiscal year 2004 | Fiscal year 2005 | |||||
| Australia: | ||||||||
| Hamersley Iron Proprietary Limited and Mount Newman Mining Company | ||||||||
| Proprietary Limited | Lump ore | 45.93 | 78.77 | |||||
| Do.���� | Fines | 35.99 | 61.72 | |||||
| Robe River Iron Associates� | do. | 28.69 | 49.20 | |||||
| BHP Billiton (Yandi) | do. | 33.83 | 58.02 | |||||
| Brazil: | ||||||||
| Companhia Nipo-Brasileira de Pelotizacao (Nibrasco) | Pellet feed | 60.02 | 112.04 | |||||
| C | Fines | 32.76 | 56.18 | |||||
| Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Itabira) | do. | 32.27 | � | 55.34 | ||||
| Minera�oes Brasileiras Reunidas Societe Anonyme� | Lump ore | 34.78 | 59.65 | |||||
| Do.���� | Fines | 33.42 | 57.32 | |||||
| Samarco Minerac�o Societe Anonyme | Pellet feed | 27.71 | r | 47.52 | ||||
| Canada, Iron Ore Company of Canada (Carol Lake) | Concentrates | 31.80 | 54.54 | |||||
| Chile: | ||||||||
| Minera del Pacifico Societe Anonyme (Huasco) | Pellets | 59.10 | 110.32 | |||||
| Minera del Pacifico Societe Anonyme (El Romeral) | Fines | 29.51 | 50.61 | |||||
| India: | ||||||||
| Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation (Bailadila) | Lump ore | 45.25 | 77.60 | |||||
| Do.���� | Fines | 35.10 | 60.20 | |||||
| Peru, Shougang Hierro Peru S.A.A. | Pellet feed | 25.08 | 43.01 | |||||
| South Africa | ||||||||
| Kumba Resources Limited (Iscor) | cents per dry metric ton unit | Lump ore | 37.78 | � | 64.79 | |||
| Do.���� | do. | Fines | 27.82 | r | NA | |||
| rRevised.� NA Not available. | ||||||||
| 1Free on board shipping port basis. | ||||||||
| Sources:� Trust Fund Project on Iron Ore Information, The Iron Ore Market 2004-2006.� The TEX Report Ltd., Iron Ore Manual 2005. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program