DCE slips over steel demand concerns

Chinese futures moved to slight decline over industry concerns over China’s low steel demand in summer season. The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, slipped slightly by RMB 3.00 or 0.40% day-on-day at RMB 738.50 per tonne on Thursday. On the contrary, the steel rebar contract on …

Steel and Scrap News 1/7/20

*Blast Furnace Game Time?* Steelmakers are planning on restarting several Blast Furnaces after being hot-idled for covid-19 in the US.  Sentiment remains that the demand side of HRC is lacking.  While US and European HRC curves remain in contango, US BUS scrap is pricing lower prints in Jul20 & Aug20.  This has put pressure on …