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Daily Capesize Review 3/2/21

Capesize freight rates slid downward on muted physical market with Lunar New Year holidays round the corner. The Capesize 5 time charter average then slumped further by $1,251 day-on-day to $12,802 on Wednesday, after a choppy trading session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also continued to dip further by 3.84% day-on-day or 53 points to …

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Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review 4/2/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore rebounded significantly in the afternoon session, along with major commodities and Shanghai equity all recovered the sentiments and rebounded before and after lunch. However open interest and volume growth were not significant, indicating a testing period for market to return to neutral. A breakthrough on 1008.0 area would …

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Ferrous Daily Physical Review 4/2/21

Ferrous Market –    Tangshan 10 sample steel mills pig iron before tax 3117 yuan/tonne, billet cost 3956 yuan/tonne, down 1 yuan/tonne w-o-w. Gross profit -106 yuan/tonne, down 9 yuan/tonne. –    Tangshan billet lock price at 3850 yuan from Feb 2 – 17th(16 days), a 7 year high price during Chinese New Year. 3300 yuan(22 days) …

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