INFOGRAPHIC: The periodic table of commodity returns

After a stunning week of gains iron ore is now trading 22% above record lows hit early April.

Jumps 6% on Wednesday to four-week highs despite record-setting production numbers from Big Three.

It produced 77.4 million tonnes of iron ore in the period, up 4.5% from a year earlier.

The company has become the first big miner to delay a planned output expansion.

The miner shipped 72.5m tonnes in the quarter, up 9% from a year earlier but down 12% sequentially.

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The miner defended his decision to boost production, which has led to sinking prices and threatens to put some competitors out of business.

GDP slowdown was expected but China's property sector, responsible for half of steel demand, is in a tailspin as Q1 unsold inventory rises 24%.

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