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Iron Ore Forecasts

Energy & Metals Consensus Forecasts is the result of a comprehensive quarterly survey of over 30 of the world’s most prominent commodity forecasters covering over 25 individual commodity price forecasts including iron ore.

The only publication of its kind, Energy & Metals Consensus Forecasts contains detailed individual analyst and average (mean) price forecasts for the next 10 quarters as well as the long-term outlook.

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The publication has many practical uses including commodity investment analysis, risk management, corporate planning, and budgeting. The commodities covered have been selected for their global appeal and traded on prominent futures markets such as the London Metal Exchange (LME), New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and InterContinental Exchange (ICE). The Japanese contract prices forecasts below are per dry metric tonne unit of Australian Fine hematite iron ore. The publication also includes forecasts for Australian Lump iron ore and Brazilian Fine iron ore.

Iron Ore Price Forecasts From Survey of October 24, 2011
(US¢/dmtu, fob)
Consensus Price for Q4 2011:
US¢165.8e		 Dec
11		 Mar
12		 Jun
12		 Sep
12		 % Change from spot Dec 12 Mar 13 Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13
UBS 167.58 175.96 184.76 175.52 5.9% Download the sample issue
Deutsche Bank 177.00 172.00 172.00 172.00 3.7% below to see the complete table
Morgan Stanley 166.98 171.20 171.20 166.20 0.2% of forecasts, price charts,
Macquarie Bank 173.30 172.70 174.10 161.60 -2.5% and written analysis.
ANZ 155.00 150.00 155.00 160.00 -3.5%
ETLA 172.48 163.86 163.86 155.66 -6.1%
Wilson HTM 157.36 157.36 151.53 151.53 -8.6%
BoA Merrill Lynch 165.00 170.00 160.00 150.00 -9.5%
RBS 167.93 160.22 154.13 149.13 -10.1%
Citigroup 165.26 154.51 156.48 146.63 -11.6%
Credit Suisse 156.00 151.00 147.00 142.00 -14.4%
Investec na 150.00 150.00 140.00 -15.6%
Consensus (Mean) 165.81 162.40 161.67 155.86 -6.0%
High 177.00 175.96 184.76 175.52 -
Low 155.00 150.00 147.00 140.00 -
Standard Deviation 7.21 9.77 11.58 11.41 -

The table above shows a portion of iron ore price forecasts taken from the October 2011 issue of Energy & Metals Consensus Forecasts. A complete sample issue of the publication, which also includes Consensus Forecasts™ for steel, as well as non-ferrous and precious metals, can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking the link below and registering your details.


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