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Negotiations on the annual benchmark prices for iron ore imports are not likely to conclude before April 1, when a new annual I agreement usually comes !ntoeffect, according to analysts.
Shanxi to slash half of its coalmines Shanxi province,which produces one-fourth of China's coal,vowed to speed up the overhaul of its coalmines,cutting the number by more than half by the end of 2010."We plan to shut down the unsafe and low-productive coalmines,narrowing down the number from 2,598(at the end of last year) to 1,000 in two years,"Wang Shouzhen,chief of Shanxi coal bureau,was quoted by the Shanxi Evening on March 26.
