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2010年4月下旬,巴西淡水河谷、澳大利亚力拓、必和必拓三大矿企明确提出定价改变的意图,宣布与全球大部分钢厂签订了基于现货价格的短期或临时合约。至此,全球铁矿石贸易史上的“分界线”业已形成:保持已有40年历史的年度基准价格谈判机制基本瓦解,取而代之的是以季度基准价格定价。面对这一重大变化,全球钢厂都以“愤怒”作为第一反应,又以“无奈”作为第二反应,之后陆陆续续、直接或间接地承认与矿商签订了季度合同或“临时协议”。
In late April 2010, three major mining companies, Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, explicitly proposed changes in pricing. They announced the signing of short-term or temporary contracts based on spot prices with most steel mills in the world. At this point, the “dividing line” in the history of global iron ore trade has been formed: the 40-year-old annual benchmark price negotiation mechanism has basically collapsed and replaced by a quarterly benchmark price. Faced with this major change, the world’s steel mills are “angry” as the first reaction, and “helpless ” as the second reaction, after one after another, directly or indirectly, signed with the miners signed a quarter Contract or “interim agreement ”.