Monthly archives: August 2021

Morning Steel and Scrap Report 9/8/21

FOB China HRC   The index fell by $1/t last Friday (6.8.21) to US$928/t, MTD US$928.80/t.   Some cities in east China’s Jiangsu province tightened policies to control the spread of Covid, slowing transportation between Shanghai and Jiangsu with drivers required to have frequent Covid tests. Participants remain cautious in seaborne market given China’s uncertain …

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Iron Ore DCE Jan Daily Technical Review 9/8/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore January contract corrected over Friday night session and the day session of Monday. However the trading volume decreased and rebounded during most of the day session on Monday. A further breakdown on daily low at 845.0 with small trading volume would indicated a new round of slump. Hourly …

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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 9/8/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore： ·         Iron ore short-run neutral. Macro ·         China National Bureau of Statistics: July CPI up 1% from June, up 0.3% y-o-y. July PPI up 9% y-o-y, from 0.5% from August. Jan- July Manufacturing ex-work price up 5.7% y-o-y, Manufacturing purchase price up 7.9% y-o-y. Iron Ore Key Indicators: ·         Platts …

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Tanker Morning Report 9/8/21

News Headlines:   Iranian drone attacked Zodiac-operated Mercer Street tanker, US says (Tradewinds) US Central Command — the US military’s arm responsible for the Middle East — said its experts were able to recover pieces of the drone that struck the 49,992-dwt Mercer Street (built 2013) in the Gulf of Oman, concluding it was built …

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Oil Morning Report 9/8/21

  Brent crude futures slid by $1.27, or 1.8%, to $69.43 a barrel by 0434 GMT, after having slumped 6% last week, their biggest weekly loss in four months. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $1.29, or 1.9%, to $66.99 a barrel, after having slumped nearly 7% last week in their steepest weekly …

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