Iron ore futures closed higher on Tuesday in daytime trading on the Dalian Mercantile Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract in January 2021 rose 22 yuan (about $ 3.34) to 855 yuan per tonne.
On Tuesday, the total trading volume of 12 iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 1,147,628 lots with a turnover of 95.3 billion yuan.
As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened DCE iron ore futures contracts to international investors in May 2018.
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