Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Aug 20th

Verdict – Short-term bearish. DCE iron ore extend the correction from yesterday. Daily slow stochastic KD widened after the dead cross created yesterday. Daily MACD and CCI both created bearish divergence with iron ore price over a week. 851.5 changed from support to resistance level. Hourly chart CCI created new low since July 24th. Hourly …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Aug 20th

Ferrous Market –    Ganggu: Construction steel production 5.73 million tonnes, up 0.17% w-o-w. Mills inventory 5.23 million tonnes, up 0.87% w-o-w. Circulation 11.33 million tonnes, up 0.47% w-o-w. –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 3.85 million tonnes, down 0.4% w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.67 million tonnes, up 1.16% w-o-w. Circulation inventory 8.67 million tonnes, up 0.96% …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Aug 19th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore slightly corrected during the day. From hourly chart, CCI created bearish divergence with candles during last night. Slow stochastic KD created dead cross on overbought area at the same time. MACD potential create dead cross in next few hours. If a breakdown on 850.0, the next target is …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Aug 19th

Ferrous Market –    Iron ore 45 port arrivals at 26.57 million tonnes, up 983,000 tonnes w-o-w. Northern six port arrivals at 13.30 million tonnes, up 1.96 million tonnes w-o-w. –    MySteel Australia and Brazil iron ore total delivery at 25.64 million tonnes, up 1.587 million  tonnes. Australia iron ore delivery 17.97 million tonnes, up 1.53 …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Aug 14th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore rebounded during the day. However iron ore created lower highs and lows over this week, indicating the consolidation area is narrowing. A rejection on 851.5 would stuck iron ore in consolidation area. The test low area is from 807.5- 820.0, where iron ore saw strong support. From hourly …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Aug 14th

Ferrous Market –    Arcelor Mittal planned to build a 1.5 mtpa EAF furnace in AM/NS Calvert, a U.S. steel mill. –    China eastern cement price up 30 yuan to 370 yuan, reached the high before rainy season in July. Cement in eastern areas up 50 yuan in total in August. –    Mysteel 45 major ports …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Aug 13th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore tested low and recovered most of losses. Daily slow stochastic KD created dead cross in overbought area. CCI created bearish divergence with iron ore price since August 6th. This bearish divergence normally indicate price has correction risk. The return to bull needs a breakthrough on 851.5. A breakdown …

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% …

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 …