摘要
1.Growth slowdown in 2008Owing to the sustained price rise of rawmaterials such as crude oil,coal and steel,the brisk market demand and the consid-erable export amount of iron oxide andespecially the supply shortage from Mayto July,a strong backing was formed forthe price of iron oxide in the first half of2008 and the price increased steadily.Starting from August,in the fourth quar-