Category archives: Ferrous

A total of 740,000 mt of iron ores was traded for the week ended Feb 26, as the market welcomed the return of Chinese trade participants from holidays. During the week, the trading activities began sluggishly and thinned as mills gradually resumed to the full operation capacity to pre-holidays level. Nevertheless, the PBF accounted the …

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Iron ore futures closed higher at the afternoon session, despite a sluggish start in the morning session, amid good steel consumption for the week. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), then rose by 1.72% day-on-day or RMB 19.50 to RMB 1,151/mt on Friday. The steel rebar contract on the …

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Iron ore futures opened high, but only to flatten at the afternoon closing session, amid strong Chinese steel demand. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), then rose by 1.39% day-on-day or RMB 15.50 to RMB 1,131/mt on Thursday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange also went …

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