On February 28, 2012, Mr. Raju Daswani, Managing Director and Global publisher of the British MetalBulletin, and Ms. Mary Connors, the person in charge of the global sales business of MetalBulletin, visited China Beijing International Mining Exchange (hereinafter referred to as "CBMX"). Dong Chaobin, the president of CBMX and Liang Ruodong the vice president of CBMX received the guests.  

President Dong introduced the construction of China Iron Ore Spot Trading Platform to the guests. Mr. Raju Daswani said, MetalBulletin has paid much attention to the construction of China Iron Ore Spot Trading Platform, and has conducted several special news bulletins about this. The two sides expressed the hope to enhance exchanges and cooperation in multiple areas of business.

MetalBulletin, founded in 1913, is the global leader in providing market information of nonferrous metals and iron and steel as well as the price index. In 2008, MetalBulletin released iron ore index based on the Chinese iron ore market data.