Author archives: Hao Pei

Ferrous Market –    MySteel surveyed Tangshan winter production curb will decrease 2.7 million tonnes of steel production. In the year 2019 production curb impact 6.3 million tonnes. –    Steelbank Inventory: construction steel inventories 7.31 million tonnes, down 0.91% compared to the week before golden weeks. HRC 2.5 million tonnes, up 17.17% to the week before …

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Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore rebounded during the day related to CNY and Shanghai equity rebound, indicate a recovery on investment market. Investors should be aware of reversal in following weeks. Technically entering a consolidation in mid-run since iron ore recovered 809.0 and 816.0 area. A breakthrough on 873.0 would bring market back …

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Ferrous Market –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 3.61 million tonnes, down 3.55% w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.68 million tonnes, up 9.29% w-o-w. Circulation inventory 8.32 million tonnes, up 4.41% w-o-w. –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.47 million tonnes, up 13,600 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 5.09 million tonnes, up 605,700 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation …

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Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore rebound strongly during the day, majorly contributed by previous short covering and taking gains. In particular after 14:30 p.m., indicating money flow out to avoid cross holiday risk. After holiday expected a reverse on this speculation. A breakthrough on 809.0 would indicate market recovering to consolidation. A rejection …

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Ferrous Market –    Vale stopped Minas Gerais mining company Viga for 3 months, total impact 999,000 tonnes of pellitising iron ores. It is the second time of closure after Vale acquired this company from last August. However no direct impact on mid-stream concentrates. –    Mysteel(Sep 21- 27th) Australia and Brazil iron ore total delivery at …

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Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore technically entered a consolidation range. Iron ore created long upper and lower shadow for previous five trading days, indicating long and short are in a conflicting sentiment. In particular, position level didn’t decrease significantly before golden weeks. From daily pattern, slow stochastic KD potential create gold cross below …

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Ferrous Market –    Steelbank Inventory: rebar inventories 7.37 million tonnes, down 0.33% w-o-w. HRC 2.13 million tonnes, up 0.29% w-o-w. –    China HRC FOB SS400 Tianjin price at $505- 510, created global low currently. Export HRC started to grow and import steels come to an end. –    Physical traders are interested in low aluminum concentrates …

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Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore corrected slightly by closing from yesterday. Iron ore was strongly supported by 751.5- 754.0 area for three times during the week, observed from hourly chart. However iron ore created lower highs over past two weeks. Iron ore from mid-run is still in a bearish territory. From …

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Ferrous Market –    MySteel 45 ports iron ore inventory at 116.16 million tonnes, up 1.23 million tonnes w-o-w. Daily evacuation 3.13 million tonnes down 47,100 tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore on ports at 57.37 million tonnes up 608,300 tonnes w-o-w. Brazil iron ore on ports at 31.69 million tonnes up 969,200 tonnes w-o-w. 157 ships …

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