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Rising freight rates start to weigh on iron ore miners

Iron ore mining companies have been buffeted by the 20% fall in the price of the steel-making material over the past six weeks, but there is a second rarely mentioned factor weighing on their profits, the rising cost of shipping.

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As iron ore has been sinking, ship hiring costs, measured by the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), have been rising, up an eye-catching 200% over the past 10 weeks.