So that’s why big iron shares aren’t falling

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From Fairfax, the falling iron ore price is all good:

Nor is it likely the move will spark a wholesale downgrading of mining and iron ore stocks, despite the uncertainties of Chinese steel demand and the forthcoming El Nino summer.

“This is the weakest periods for steel production in China,” said Mr Morgan. “Construction activity in China, which drives steel production, has been sluggish, weak and anaemic whereas in the last few weeks, supply has been reasonably stable.”

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.