Key Facts

Vale shares rose 1.61% to US$13.90 in New York, serving as a liquid proxy for iron ore because the commodity has no direct spot feed on our board.

CSN Mineração climbed 2.25% to R$5.91 in São Paulo, leading the Brazilian iron ore proxies higher on the session.

Rio Tinto jumped 3.88% to US$100.44, the strongest move among the three tracked iron ore proxies.

China imported 736.84 million tons of iron ore in the first seven months of 2026, up 6% from the same period a year earlier.