DCE drops despite return of Chinese participants from holidays

Chinese futures slipped downward despite the return of Chinese participants after a long holiday. The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, went down by RMB 29 or 3.79% day-on-day at RMB 736 per tonne on Monday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange followed suite …

BHP makes first blockchain trade with Baosteel

BHP completed its first blockchain iron ore trade with China Baoshan Iron & Steel worth around 14 million mt on Monday. The transaction was done via MineHub platform for June delivery and the platform process included contract terms, exchanged digital documents and provided real-time cargo visibility.   Keeping its promise Thus, BHP had kept its …

Oil Through the Looking Glass 26/6/20

Russia goes full circle The global oil plunge started with increased output as Saudi Arabia and Russia locked horns over production cuts. Four months down the line and multiple cuts Russia have gone full circle with exports of its Urals crude oil grade set to drop significantly next month.   Asian Buying interest failing countered …

PBF purchases remain popular among Chinese mills

Australian medium grade fines kept its high popularity status among Chinese buyers for the week ended on 26 Jun 2020. The short trading saw a total of 2.4 million mt iron ore exchanged hands, up 21.26% on-week from previous week volumes at 1.9 million mt.   New platform for iron ore trading The uptick of …