

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
November 1, 2017
The Platform launched iron ore tendering information services.
October 11, 2018
COREX won the honorary title of “Chinese Enterprise for Bulk Commodity Modern Circulation Service Innovation for Year of 2018”.

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.
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.
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 ).
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.