Dear Members,

In accordance with the Notice on the Arrangement of Certain Holidays in 2017 from the General Office of the State Council of People’s Republic of China, COREX makes the opening arrangement of the system during holidays of Chinese New Year 2017 as below:

COREX system will be normally open on January 27th (Friday) and from January 30th (Monday) to February 4th (Saturday), while it will be closed on January 28th (Saturday) and January 29th (Sunday).

The COREX Benchmark Price, COREX Daily Express and WeChat Information will be suspended during the holidays, but will be republished as from February 4th (Saturday).

Hereby be informed.

Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center Corporation

January 24th, 2017