Author archives: Hao Pei

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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Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore entered a short-run consolidation area after the second round of correction. The support at 751.5 is strong since lower area is theoretical support for a double tops pattern. However daily MACD created a classic bearish pattern when seeing longer term MA is bigger than short term …

Continue reading “Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Sep 24th”

Ferrous Market –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.53 million tonnes, down 49,300 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 4.86 million tonnes, up 34,800 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation inventory 11.17 million tonnes, up 143,200 tonnes w-o-w. –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 3.76 million tonnes, up 1.03% w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.51 million tonnes, down 1.08% w-o-w. …

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Verdict – Short-term bearish. DCE iron corrected in narrower range during the day, intra-day low was supported by 783.5, 60 day moving average. Breaking down 777.5- 783.5 area would suggest iron ore entering a long-run bearish market. Otherwise iron ore follow a cyclely correction in weekly level. Iron ore did not test high at all …

Continue reading “Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Sep 17th”

Ferrous Market –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 3.73 million tonnes, up 0.29% w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.55 million tonnes, down 0.8% w-o-w. Circulation inventory 8.81 million tonnes, down 1.4% w-o-w. –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.58 million tonnes, down 3,300 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 4.82 million tonnes, down 54,200 w-o-w. Circulation inventory 11.32 million …

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