gate sales with rio would be ideal, page-3

Agree with you here pagarsi, we need to keep the high grade suff to blend with the lesser grade to increase the tonage of the DSO, be smarter business sense i would think. that is if we can get the pig to market without having to sell at the gate as the others will only want the high grade stuff and when / if that runs out we will be sitting there watching the big boys trains roll right on pass. cutting ourselves short if we make an agreement to sell the high grade 60% plus stuff only to the big boys. it would be better to settle for an discount to a steel maker and they pay for the freight from the gate.