Daily iron ore price update (futures dislocation)

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The ferrous complex was mixed on March 30, 2022:

In the past week, Dalian futures have jumped 15% while spot has nowhere. I have never seen this kind of dislocation before.

Perhaps the physical market is much looser than the heavy buying of futures would suggest.

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