Dear Members,

In accordance with the Notice on the Arrangement of Certain Holidays in 2018 from the General Office of the State Council of People’s Republic of China, COREX makes the closing arrangement of the system during New Year and Chinese New Year holidays as below:

New Year holiday

COREX system will be closed from December 30th (Saturday) to January 1st (Monday).

Chinese New Year holiday

COREX system will be closed from February 15th (Thursday) to February 21st (Wednesday), while it will be normally open on February 11st (Sunday) and February 24th (Saturday).

The COREX Benchmark Price, Platform Daily and WeChat Information will be suspended when the system is closed during holidays.

Hereby be informed.

Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center Corporation

December 28th, 2017