Regarding the news of Chinese miners seeking an antidumping probe against iron ore imports, Lei Pingxi, vice chairman of the Metallurgical Miners' Association of China (MMAC), has told local media that it was not an official request, rather a suggestion.
The vice president pointed out that this suggestion from the miners was published on the MMAC website by mistake.
Last week, MMAC had published a statement to the effect that they were demanding an antidumping duty investigation against the huge volume of low-priced iron ore imports from Brazil and Australia.