Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 15/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January broke down important support at 713.5, which was the neckline of a top reversal pattern. Unless iron ore recover this level with much higher price, iron ore entered a short-run correction phase. Hourly slow stochastic KD created lower dead cross. Hourly MACD created lower dead cross. …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 15/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • The U.S. House passed Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. The Act will focus on increase company taxes, reaction to environmental changes, decrease prescription medicines and decrease financial deficit. • Chinese July new issued loans 679 billion yuan, M2 up 12% on the year. The difference …

Saudi Aramco Ready To Boost Crude Output 15/08/22

Oil prices ease as Aramco says ready to boost crude output   Oil prices dropped for a second session on Monday after the head of the world’s top exporter, Saudi Aramco, said it is ready to ramp up output while production at several offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms is resuming after a brief outage …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 12/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January gave back gains from previous day and still resisted by roof area from 745.0 – 755.0. In general the price movement remained in rangebound as expected. Trading volume was in similar amount during the past five trading days. Iron ore approached the neckline observed from 15 …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 12/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • U.S. July CPI up 8.5%, last 9.1%, est. 8.7%. China July CPI up 2.7 on the year, last 2.5%, est. 2.9%. • Chinese machinery sales in July turned from negative to positive, ended a negative number last for previous 14 months. Jan – Jul machinery …

Export Tax On Steel Is Being Considered By Indian Steel Minister 12/08/22

Export duty under examination: Indian steel minister   A 15pc export tax on steel imposed by the Indian government in May is being considered and examined by the country’s new steel minister, although no changes have been announced.   “These [export tax removal proposals] are things that I am engaging myself on currently, we will …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 11/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January contract created roof area from 745.0 – 755.0, as intra-day high rejected by this area. Thus, iron ore was still in bearish territory. Hourly slow stochastic KD created a bearish divergence with hourly candles movement. Hourly CCI returned to bullish territory. Short-run signals were indicating a …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 11/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • U.S. July CPI up 8.5%, last 9.1%, est. 8.7%. China July CPI up 2.7 on the year, last 2.5%, est. 2.9%. • Chinese machinery sales in July turned from negative to positive, ended a negative number last for previous 14 months. Jan – Jul machinery …

U.S. Crude Production Hit New High Since April 2020 11/08/22

U.S. crude stocks up, output at highest level since April 2020   U.S. crude stocks rose in the most recent week while U.S. production hit its highest level since April 2020, a signal that high prices are driving further output in the world’s largest oil producer. Gasoline stocks fell sharply and demand rebounded modestly, though …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 10/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January contract maintained neutral as expected, closed with a doji pattern. It is worth noticing that daily CCI and slow stochastic KD both created bearish divergence with iron ore price chart, which indicated that the current price was in testing mid-run bearish trend. However short-run signals were …