According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in May this year the import price index of iron ore in France decreased 7.7 percent compared to April, and was down 23.1 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
Meanwhile, the French import price index of nickel in May decreased 4.9 percent from the previous month, after a month-on-month decrease of 4.3 percent recorded in April.