今年2月,日本最大的钢铁厂家新日铁公司先后与铁矿石巨头巴西淡水河谷公司和澳大利亚必和必拓公司达成协议,进口铁矿石合同价格与2004年相比上涨71.5%,这是继2004年进口铁矿石合同价格上涨18.6%以后亚洲铁矿石史的最大涨幅。根据惯例,日本钢铁企业的定价左右了亚洲的铁矿石价格 In February of this year, Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan’s largest steelmaker, reached an agreement with iron ore giants such as Brazil’s CVRD and Australia’s BHP Billiton. The price of imported iron ore contracts rose 71.5% over 2004, following the 2004 The biggest increase in the history of iron ore in Asia since the contract price of imported iron ore rose 18.6%. By convention, the pricing of Japanese steel companies is about the price of iron ore in Asia