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2012

January 16, 2012

January 16, 2012 The launch ceremony of “China Iron Ore Spot Trading Platform”, co-sponsored and established by China Iron and Steel Association, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters and China Beijing International Mining Exchange, was grandly held.

May 8, 2012

Electronic trading system of the Platform went live, and the Platform was formally put into operation.

2013

March 2013

Benchmark Prices in USD and RMB for Grade 58%, Grade 61.5% and Grade 65% were formally released.

May 2013

At the first anniversary of the Platform, the transaction volume of the Platform exceeded 13 million tons in total.

August 15, 2013

The first floating-priced transaction on the Platform was completed, with price term of the monthly average price of the index at a premium and transaction volume of 180,000 tons.

2014

August 4, 2014

Benchmark Price of the Platform was adopted by Clearing House Financial Market Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Clearing House”) as RMB-denominated iron ore swap settlement price.

2015

August 28, 2015

COREX and Zhanjiang Port Group signed a cooperation agreement to jointly build South China Center of the Platform.

2015

The annual trading volume of the Platform exceeded 30 million tons, up 88% on a year-on-year basis.

2016

November 1, 2016

The Platform initiated pricing trading, and completed the first transaction.

November 29, 2016

The cumulative trading volume of the Platform exceeded 100 million tons.

2017

November 1, 2017

The Platform launched iron ore tendering information services.

2018

October 11, 2018

COREX won the honorary title of “Chinese Enterprise for Bulk Commodity Modern Circulation Service Innovation for Year of 2018”.

2019

December 19, 2019

COREX and the People’s Government of Caofeidian District of Tangshan City signed a framework agreement for mutual cooperation on Caofeidian Iron Ore Index in Beijing.

December 31, 2019

COREX started to release Caofeidian Iron Ore Index.

2020

June 22, 2020

HBIS International Ore Supermarket went into operation.

September 7, 2020

Reply of the State Council on Pilot Program on Comprehensive Pilot for Advancing a New Round of Service Industry Opening-up Expansion in Beijing and Building Comprehensive Demonstration Zone for National Service Industry Opening-up Expansion expressly clarifies to facilitate COREX to establish a scientific and reasonable commodity pricing mechanism.

September 15, 2020

The mobile terminal of COREX trading system (COREX APP) was launched online.

December 11, 2020

COREX realized the annual transaction volume of over 60 million tons.

2021

August 10, 2021

COREX launched the first independent third-party iron ore spot e-tender system in China.

September 28, 2021

COREX and DCE signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly explore the development of iron ore futures and spot market, covering iron ore non-standard warehouse receipt business, basis difference trading, index publication, and collaboration of industry and finance.

October 8, 2021

COREX started to publish 61% benchmark price ( ¥ dmt ) and two equivalent prices, including seaborne equivalent price ($/ dmt ) and portside equivalent price ( ¥ wmt ).

2022

April 15, 2022

Miner offered Sierra Leone Fines on the Platform for the first time.

May 10, 2022

Awarded with 2022 China Excellence in Steel Technology and Service Provider (Organization) Brand.

June 5, 2022

Awarded with 2022 Steel Industry Chain Green Role Model Enterprise.

August 2022

Portside trading on the Platform exceeded 4 million tons/month for the first time.