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The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange, for September delivery, fell 2.8% to 1,174 yuan ($181.05) per tonne as of 0330 GMT. They are set to fall 0.7% this week.
Spot prices of iron ore with 62% iron content for delivery to China was unchanged at $219 per tonne on Thursday, according to SteelHome consultancy.
Coking coal futures on the Dalian bourse fell 0.9% to 1,861 yuan a tonne.
Coke futures slid 1.2% to 2,506 yuan per tonne.
Capacity utilization rates of blast furnaces at 247 steel mills recovered to 86% as of Friday from the week earlier, but still much lower than same level year ago, data from Mysteel consultancy showed.
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