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| TABLE 16 | ||||||||
| 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 2005 | Fiscal year 2006 | |||||
| Australia: | ||||||||
| Hamersley Iron Proprietary Limited and Mount Newman Mining Company | ||||||||
| Proprietary Limited | Lump ore | 78.77 | 93.74 | |||||
| Do.���� | Fines | 61.72 | 73.45 | |||||
| Robe River Iron Associates� | do. | 49.20 | 58.55 | |||||
| BHP Billiton (Yandi) | do. | 58.02 | 69.04 | |||||
| Brazil: | ||||||||
| Companhia Nipo-Brasileira de Pelotizacao (Nibrasco) | Pellet feed | 112.04 | 108.68 | |||||
| C | Fines | 56.18 | 66.85 | |||||
| Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Itabira) | do. | 55.34 | 65.85 | |||||
| Minera�oes Brasileiras Reunidas Societe Anonyme� | Lump ore | 59.65 | 88.82 | |||||
| Do.���� | Fines | 57.32 | 68.21 | |||||
| Samarco Minerac�o Societe Anonyme | Pellet feed | 47.52 | 56.55 | |||||
| Canada, Iron Ore Company of Canada (Carol Lake) | Concentrates | 54.54 | 64.90 | |||||
| Chile: | ||||||||
| Minera del Pacifico Societe Anonyme (Huasco) | Pellets | 110.32 | 107.11 | |||||
| Minera del Pacifico Societe Anonyme (El Romeral) | Fines | 50.61 | 60.23 | |||||
| India: | ||||||||
| Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation (Bailadila) | Lump ore | 77.60 | 92.34 | |||||
| Do.���� | Fines | 60.20 | 71.64 | |||||
| Peru, Shougang Hierro Peru S.A.A. | Pellet feed | 43.01 | 51.18 | |||||
| South Africa: | ||||||||
| Kumba Resources Limited (Iscor) | cents per dry metric ton unit | Lump ore | 64.79 | 77.10 | ||||
| Assmang Limited | do.� | 64.02 | 76.18 | |||||
| Do.���� | Fines | 46.10 | 54.86 | |||||
| 1Free on board shipping port basis. | ||||||||
| Sources: Trust Fund Project on Iron Ore Information, The Iron Ore Market 2004-2006. The TEX Report, Iron Ore Manual 2006. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program