Vale's New York shares rose 0.47% to US$15.06 on Friday, while Rio Tinto fell 0.34% and CSN Mineração slipped 0.17%, on mixed signals from China's steel.

Vale (US$14.99) and Rio Tinto (US$97.18) rallied while CSN Mineração (US$1.01) fell, even as benchmark 62% Fe futures stayed flat at US$98.25. Resilient China s

Latin American steel proxies diverge: CSN drops 2.42% on earnings while Gerdau stalls at US$4.96. Ternium edges up 0.26% as investors digest cheap Chinese impor