ENGINE: Global Bunker Fuel Market Update 11/08/21

Global bunker prices have mixed direction as Brent values steady after big fluctuations at the start of the week.   Changes on the day to 08.00 GMT today: VLSFO prices up in Gibraltar and Houston ($6/mt), and down in Singapore ($13/mt), Fujairah ($7/mt) and Rotterdam ($4/mt) LSMGO prices up in Gibraltar ($7/mt), Singapore ($6/mt) and …

Singapore Iron Ore Derivatives Report 11/08/21

Iron Ore Market Update   Market Commentary Iron ore futures were largely flat on Wednesday as investors assessed potential economic policies to boost growth against a push to clean up its steel sector. Prices of the steelmaking raw material have plummeted over $50 in less than three weeks as China’s efforts to curb steel production …

Daily DCE Review 11/8/21

Iron ore futures opened flatly on Wednesday morning session before recording a rally at the afternoon session, despite slow steel demand and improving supply. The futures of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for September delivery then rose by 3.69% day-on-day or up RMB 31 to RMB 871.50/mt, during the day trading session on Wednesday. The rebar …

Daily Capesize Review 10/8/21

Capesize freight rates dipped on thin market activities with a short trading week, due to public holidays in Japan and Singapore. The Capesize 5 time charter average, then dropped by $114 day-on-day to $35,895 on Tuesday, despite some improvement in the physical market. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) moved flatly and inched up slightly by …

Morning Steel and Scrap Report 11/08/2021

FOB China HRC   The index kept flat yesterday (10.8.21) at US$928/t, MTD US$928.67/t.   Hebei province will cut steel production by 21.7mn t in 2021 from its 249.8mn t produced in 2020, while Tangshan will cut by 12.37mn t in 2021 and add restrictions for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over 4-20 February. China’s …

Iron Ore DCE Jan Daily Technical Review 11/8/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral, oversold currently. DCE iron ore January rebound after an oversold, the high volume indicated big changing hands and potentially reach a periodic low. Hourly MACD widened above 0 axis. Hourly slow stochastic KD widened. Hourly CCI entered bullish area. Hourly candles were confirming a bottom area, a further breakthrough on 874.5 …

Fuel Oil Morning Report 11/08/21

Morning Oil Report   At 9:46 am Singapore time (0147 GMT), the ICE October Brent futures contract was up 2 cents/b (0.03%) from the previous close at $70.65/b, while the NYMEX September light sweet crude contract was unchanged over the same period at $68.29/b.   API Crude -0.816M Cushing -0.413M Gasoline -1.114M Distillate +0.673M   …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 11/8/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Iron ore short-run neutral. Macro ·         The U.S. Senate voted 69 to 30 to approve the $1 trillion cross-party base establishment bill, which includes $550 billion in new infrastructure funding project. ·         China Ministry of Finance: building fiscal and tax policies to promote green and low-carbon development, will support …

Tanker Morning Report 11/08/21

News Headlines:   OIL DAYBOOK EUROPE: Several Asian Refiners Take Less Saudi Crude (Bloomberg) Several Asian refiners asked for less oil from Saudi Arabia for next month as steps to rein in the delta virus variant weighed on demand. At least four customers — three in Northeast Asia and one in Southeast Asia – requested …