Bulk carrier rates sink as Brazil's iron ore exports wane

Rising inventories in China also add to 60% price fall from mid-December

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Exports of iron ore from Brazil, now in the rainy season, are declining.

TOKYO -- Charter rates for bulk carriers have plunged as iron ore exports from Brazil slow and inventories of the mineral pile up in China.

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