var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('A worker walks by the pile of steel at an iron and steel mill yard in Hefei, central China\'s Anhui province 19 August 2007.  Chinese steel makers continue to increase world supplies of cheap exports, hurting profits for US and European producers, while China is the world\'s biggest consumer of iron ore, importing 326.3 million tonnes (360 million tons) in 2006, an increase of 18.6 percent from 2005, while in 2007, China is expected to import 367 million tonnes of iron ore.         CHINA OUT GETTY OUT   AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080123/080123-chinasteel-hmed-10a.jpg','1:16 p.m. ET, 1/23/08','Str / AFP - Getty Images','AFP - Getty Images',22804852));