Turkey's state iron and steel works TDCI is still struggling to fill even part of its latest 1.5 million mt coking coal tender in yet another sign of tight world markets. The steel producer was still considering its position late last week after receiving bids totaling only 910,000 mt, with the group's traditional Australian suppliers staying away.Sources say the tight supply situation was exacerbated in this case by Turkey's restrictive tender terms, which involve heavy arbitration and rejection clauses.
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