TRADE AND COMMODITIES
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- Steel revival poised to boost shipping volumes – producer
- SHIPMENTS of steel products were expected to increase in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the world’s largest producer ArcelorMittal.
- Consolidation in thermal coal trade slows growth
- FOLLOWING a period of sustained expansion, global trade in thermal coal is expected to see slower growth. The trade “has entered a phase of consolidation”, said Wolfgang Ritschel, managing director of Verein der Kohlenimporteure, Germany’s coal importers’ association.



