The iron ore nightmare has not yet begun

David Llewellyn-Smith

Friday 28 February 2025

The ferrous complex has begun to deflate post-supply disruption.

Profits have halved at the big miners, but do not be fooled. The iron ore nightmare has not yet begun.

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About the author

David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.