Daily Ferrous Physical Review Aug 13th

Ferrous Market –    Ukraine export 27.03 million tonnes of iron ore from this January to July, up 16% y-o-y. –    China National Statistic Bureau: major steel enterprises crude steel daily production 2.15 million tonnes, down 0.87% from late July, up 5.14% y-o-y. Daily pig iron 1.92 million tonnes, down 0.6% from end July, up 5.39% …

Capesize rates move slowly amid thin market activities

Capesize rates continued to move at downtrend manner amid the short trading week with muted physical activities. The Capesize 5 time charter average then dropped by $493 day-on-day to $19,204 on Tuesday, despite some showing some strength at late afternoon session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) still reflected some strength in the dry bulk market …

DCE slips amid port congestion issues

Iron ore futures dropped on Wednesday over the port congestion issues in China which were likely to ease only in late August. Thus, the most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange dipped by 0.89% or RMB 7.50 day-on-day to RMB 832.50 per tonne on Wednesday, despite a late rally at the …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Aug 12th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore pushed high along with equities after a test low around 807.5, which was a strong level previously. From hourly chart, iron ore on the “right shoulder” was higher than the “left shoulder”. The next breakthrough on 851.5 will bring iron ore back to bullish market. Hourly MACD is …

Ferts in Focus 12/8/20

Beirut devastated by ammonia nitrate explosion The world watched on in shock following a devastating explosion in Beirut, caused by 2,700mt of ammonia nitrate last week. In the aftermath of the disaster, the safe storage, handling and use of the chemical commonly used as fertiliser, has been brought into question once again. More scrutiny is …

Morning Oil Report 12/8/20

Good morning all. Brent futures was up 9 cents/b, or 0.20%, at $44.59/b at 2:15 am GMT, while NYMEX WTI crude contract was up by 4 cents/b, or 0.10%, at $41.65/b. American Petroleum Institute data published on Tuesday showed a fall of 4.4 million barrels in US crude inventories, more than analysts’ expectations of a …