Category archives: Ferrous

Morning Steel and Scrap Report 9/8/21

FOB China HRC   The index fell by $1/t last Friday (6.8.21) to US$928/t, MTD US$928.80/t.   Some cities in east China’s Jiangsu province tightened policies to control the spread of Covid, slowing transportation between Shanghai and Jiangsu with drivers required to have frequent Covid tests. Participants remain cautious in seaborne market given China’s uncertain …

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Iron Ore DCE Jan Daily Technical Review 9/8/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore January contract corrected over Friday night session and the day session of Monday. However the trading volume decreased and rebounded during most of the day session on Monday. A further breakdown on daily low at 845.0 with small trading volume would indicated a new round of slump. Hourly …

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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 9/8/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore： ·         Iron ore short-run neutral. Macro ·         China National Bureau of Statistics: July CPI up 1% from June, up 0.3% y-o-y. July PPI up 9% y-o-y, from 0.5% from August. Jan- July Manufacturing ex-work price up 5.7% y-o-y, Manufacturing purchase price up 7.9% y-o-y. Iron Ore Key Indicators: ·         Platts …

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Ferrous Trade Weekly Review 6/8/21

A total of 750,000 mt of iron ores was traded for the week ended Aug 6, up 27.12% week-on-week, amid stringent steel output cuts being implemented. Tangshan underwent a new round of sintering cuts much to the expectation of market participants, while iron ore prices ended its anti-gravity defying act and stayed under the $185/mt …

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Daily DCE Review 6/8/21

Iron ore futures opened higher from previous day slump, but only managed a slight recovery at the close, due to lower steel consumption in China. The futures of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for September delivery then dropped by 1.27% day-on-day or down RMB 11.50 to RMB 895/mt, during the day trading session on Friday. The …

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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 6/8/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore： ·         Iron ore neutral. Macro ·         IMF: global economic growth will reach 6% in 2021, which is a high forecast and the highest global growth rate in the past few decades. ·         New Typhoon landed in southern China, which will impact four southern provinces with heavy rain for the coming …

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