1. Key EFT/benchmarks didn't fall: market vector steel index fund, STOWE Global (Coal)
2. Steel reinforcement-bar (Rebar) futures in Shanghai rose for a fifth day on optimism that declining inventory and reduced output signal tighter supply. Rebar for October delivery on the SFE rose 1.2% to US$576/t.
3. Iron ore jumped 1.95% overnight to $120/t, according to the Steel Index, and is up more than 8% since reports last week showed Chinese steel inventories were at multi-year lows.
4. BHP, RIO & Xstrata formally scrapped plans to invest for future production growth
5. Market disconnected to Peabody's Q1 2013 commentary summarised in the this article: