Category archives: Ferrous

Daily Ferrous Physical Review 4/1/21

Ferrous Market –    Steelbank Inventory: construction steel inventories 3.19 million tonnes, down 7.92% w-o-w. HRC 1.27 million tonnes, down 0.51% w-o-w. –    Some physical traders heard FMG increase discount from 7% to 10% on FMG SSF, and 4% to 8% on FMG BF. –    Jan 4th : MySteel 45 ports iron ore inventories at 124.16 …

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Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review 4/1/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish. DCE iron ore rebound significantly by 3.35% with smaller aggregated trading volume for the second trading day, indicating market was running on bullish sentiment without significant conflictions. From hourly chart, CCI created new high from November 9th. Small stochastic KD widened after gold cross. The first support is 972.0. …

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DCE starts the year on high note

Iron ore futures opened low, only to finish higher after an afternoon rally that pushed trading to high note. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) then rose to 3.35% on-day or RMB 33 to RMB 1,019.50/mt on Monday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange also hiked …

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Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 31st

Ferrous Market –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 3.5 million tonnes, up 1.02% w-o-w. Mills inventory 2.58 million tonnes, up 15.27% w-o-w. Circulation inventory 3.64 million tonnes, up 0.43% w-o-w. –    Tangshan 10 sample steel mills pig iron before tax 2796 yuan/tonne, billet cost 3581 yuan/tonne, up 107 yuan/tonne w-o-w. Gross profit 159 yuan/tonne, down …

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Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 31st

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore consolidated within the narrow range from 972.0 – 998.0. A breakdown on 959.0 would indicate iron ore back to bearish territory. A breakthrough on 1005.0 would potentially initiate a new round of strong rebound. Hourly CCI started to grow from 29th. Technical signals were indicating iron ore consolidate. …

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Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 30th

Ferrous Market –    MySteel Australia and Brazil iron ore total delivery at 29.75 million tonnes, down 4.58 million tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore delivery 21.72 million tonnes, up 3.42 million tonnes w-o-w. Australia delivery to China 18.54 million tonnes, up 4.23 million tonnes w-o-w. Brazil iron ore delivery 8.03 million tonnes, up 1.16 million tonnes …

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Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 30th

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore created the high since December 10th, the first significant resistance at 1005.5. A breakdown on 959.5 potentially bring market back to bearish territory. From hourly chart, MACD was narrowing below 0 axis. Hourly slow stochastic KD created gold cross on the upper bound of oversold area. …

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