铁矿石

Up to 80% of China's oil imports and 30% of its iron ore imports pass through the Strait of Malacca.

目前，中国80%的石油进口、30%的铁矿石进口都需要经过马六甲海峡。

Iron ore is selling for about $70 a metric ton on the spot market.

现货市场的铁矿石价格为每□70美元左右。

Iron ore, for example, currently sells for about $70 a metric ton on the spot market.

以铁矿石为例，目前的现货市场价约为每吨70美元。

Steelmakers have been paying about $65 a metric ton this year.

今年的铁矿石价格约为每吨65美元。

Over the past decade, China has gone from being a relative minnow to being the number one consumer of copper, steel and iron ore and number two for oil and aluminium.

过去 10 年内，中国已从一个"无名小卒"成长为铜、钢铁、铁矿石的最大消费国，同时是石油和铝的第二大消费国。

Bigger cost would come from further monopolization of iron ore market.

更大的损失将来自于进一步垄断的铁矿石市场。

Sinosteel and Murchison are competing to buy Midwest, another Australian iron ore group.

目前，中钢和Murchison正在竞购澳大利亚另一家铁矿石公司——中西部公司。

Midwest and Murchison, which have held tie-up talks before, hope to develop a new iron ore hub in Western Australia's midwest region.

此前，中西部公司和Murchison曾进行合作谈判，希望在西澳的中西部地区开发一个新的铁矿石枢纽。

This is the second significant step the Chinese steelmaking group has made into Australia this year, after recently gaining control of 97 per cent of Midwest Corporation, a neighbouring iron ore producer to Murchison in Western Australia's midwest region.

这家中国钢铁集团借此迈出了进军澳大利亚的第二个大步。此前不久，它还获得了中西部公司 97%的控股权。中西部公司是西澳大利亚州中西部地区邻近Murchison的一家铁矿石生产商。

Iron ore juniors Murchison Metals and Gindalbie Metals forces with Midwest Corporation to form the Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance.

小生产商Murchison和Gindalbie已与MidWest集团联手创立杰拉尔顿地区铁矿石联盟。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。