Market Verdict on Iron Ore： • Neutral. Macro • U.S. Markit Manufacturing PMI 51.3 in August, refreshed new low since July 2020. Eurozone Manufacturing PMI 49.7, refreshed new low of the past 26 months. • MySteel 170 power plants total coal inventories 26.17 million tons, down 267,000 tons w-o-w. Daily consumption 1.575 million tons, …
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Indian Steel Minister Stresses Raw Materials Security 25/08/22
India’s steel minister has underlined the need for raw materials security and decarbonisation measures but is yet to announce any changes to taxes on iron ore and steel exports. “It is about time we commit ourselves to reduce our carbon emissions by a minimum of 30-40pc… the strategy should be based on carbon minimisation, carbon …
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Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 24/08/22
Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish. DCE iron ore January contract maintained bullish trend as expected. Although iron ore corrected massively this afternoon leading by the big slump of Asian equities, iron ore recovered all losses during last hour and still created higher highs and higher lows in the past three days. The market …
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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 24/08/22
Market Verdict on Iron Ore： • Neutral to bullish. Macro • China NBS: July excavators produced 19,612 units, down 3.2% on the year. Jan-July total produced 185,743 units, down 25.6% on the year. Jan- July total sold 161,033 units, down 33.2% on the year. • World Steel Association statistic indicated that 64 member countries …
Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 23/08/22
Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish. DCE iron ore January successfully breakthrough the important resistance at 700.0, which used to be a level to see the most market reversals since the contract listed. Thus, 700.0 level is also seen as an intra-day level support from now on. Hourly slow stochastic KD created gold cross …
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Saudi Says OPEC+ Could Cut Output At Any Time 23/08/22
Saudi Minister Says OPEC+ Could Cut Production At Any Time Citing “disconnect” in the oil futures market, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman dangled the threat of potential OPEC+ production cuts that could come at any time. In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, the Saudi energy minister said that “extreme volatility” was …
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Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 22/08/22
Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore January rebounded, however resisted by important neckline area at 700.0. Hourly MACD flattened above 0 axis. Hourly CCI decreased to bearish territory. Technical signals were indicating the price movement entered a consolidation period. However a breakthrough on 700.0 level would lead iron ore back to strong rebound …
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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 22/08/22
Market Verdict on Iron Ore： • Neutral. Macro • Chinese Loan Prime Rate at 1-year length cut 5 bps to 3.65%, 5-year length at 4.3%, cut 15 bps. • Chinese State Council decided to extend the policy of exempting new energy vehicles from purchase tax to the end of next year, and it is …
India Pushes Forward The Beneficiation Of Low-grade Iron Ore 22/08/22
India’s beneficiation of low-grade iron ore could result in new trade patterns India’s push toward the beneficiation of low-grade iron ore could result in new trade patterns emerging in the future if implemented, market sources told Fastmarkets last week. It could mean a higher acceptance among buyers of Indian iron ore in the seaborne market, …
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Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 19/08/22
Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore January corrected as expected from previous reports. The daily high moved lower from 697.0-700.0 level to 691.0 area. Intra-day support fell on 672.0-673.0 level. However it was difficult to see strong support above 650.0 level. MACD stayed in bearish territory during most of hours since …
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