Ferts in Focus 15/07/20

India to tender again Thursday saw the announcement of India’s next urea purchasing tender. It was inevitable and widely expected, but the usual rigmarole in the lead up was spared and the announcement largely caught the market by surprise. The purchasing tender issued by MMTC is for an unspecified quantity of urea for shipment by …

Steel margins—King of the Hill

Iron ore futures have been – and remain – an enigma in the commodity markets since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The widow-maker is the title of one article on Bloomberg and this is hard to argue; the rhetoric has been about the correction that is coming, not the bull market we have been …

Iron ore futures firmer as Australian volumes surge

Iron ore futures advanced on Tuesday on renewed optimism over a swift economic recovery in China and hopes for further demand after the rainy season.   The world’s biggest steel producer brought in 101.68 million tonnes of iron ore last month, surging from 87.03 million tonnes in May, data from the General Administration of Customs …