Category archives: Coking Coal
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 …
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FIS Weekly Ferrous: iron ore neutral but risk remains
Ferrous Sector Money-flow: The previous weekly report gave seven weeks of short-run consolidation from the end of May when seeing the open interest peak for DCE market. However market was strong by the first half of July. Open interest indicated most of the push was due to exit of shorts and re-entry as new …
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FIS LONDON COKING COAL MARKET REPORT
FOMO drives China iron ore sentiment
Iron ore futures rallied sharply on the first trading day of the week on market optimism over steel demand as China’s recovery gathered momentum. An upturn in industrial output suggests that the economy expanded in last quarter after cratering in the opening three months due to the coronavirus impact, according to Bloomberg Economics. The robust …
FIS LONDON COKING COAL MARKET REPORT
Crash, Bang, Recovery
It was never going to be easy recovering from the largest economic shock the world has ever encountered. After record drop in consumer spending, GDP, travel and so many other indicators, it is hard to quite fathom the scale of the disruption, or the mountain left the climb to bring things back to normal. Debt …
