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MANILA: Asia’s iron ore futures tumbled on Monday, leading another bout of selling in the metals complex, after China’s state planner warned against commodity price manipulation and vowed to clamp down on speculative trading.

The most-traded iron ore contract for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange slid as much as 9.5%, almost hitting the day’s downside limit of 10%, to 1,016 yuan ($157.87) a tonne, its weakest since April 15.

Dalian iron ore has plunged more than 20% since hitting a record high of 1,358 yuan on May 12, when tougher environmental restrictions on steel production in China drove a rally in steel prices.

The most-liquid June contract for the steelmaking ingredient on the Singapore Exchange tumbled 7.2% to $177.90 a tonne, its lowest since April 30.

The National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planner, along with other government agencies urged major domestic commodity companies not to drive up prices in a meeting on Sunday.

The talks followed a statement from China’s cabinet on Wednesday that the government would manage “unreasonable” price increases for copper, coal, steel, and iron ore.

“China’s authorities continue to raise concerns about the rise of commodity prices, raising concerns that they may tighten regulations,” ANZ commodity strategists said in a note.

Prices of steel products and other steel inputs also fell sharply, with rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange down as much as 6.8% in early trade, while hot-rolled coil slumped 7.1%.

Stainless steel shed 1.8%.

“As environmental regulations only work to increase steel prices in China, increasing profitability and thus production, the government is moving to take further action, which we believe might blow the steam off steel’s rally in the coming quarters starting with declines in Chinese steel prices seen in mid-May,” Fitch Solutions said in a report.

Dalian coking coal lost 5.2%, while coke dropped 6.2%.

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