No big surprise as Australian ores dominate trades

It was typical week which Australian iron ores accounted most of the trade transactions that totaled to 2.5 million mt, up 18.86% week-on-week. Over half or 57.09% of iron ore transaction belonged to the Australian Pilbara Blend Fines (PBF) at 1.43 million mt, then followed by Jimblebar fines at 8.20% or 205,000 mt. Finally, the …

DCE slips on weekly drop in steel demand

Iron ore futures ended the week in correction as steel demand softened on lower downstream consumption. The most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange dropped by 2.13% or RMB 18 day-on-day to RMB 827.50 per tonne on Friday. Likewise, the steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange also dipped by …

Ship Shape – Global Boom or Global Bust?

The Battle of Marathon, the Sacking of Rome, Einstein developing his theory of General Relativity, the Great Depression, The Second World War, the birth of John B, the launch of the PlayStation 2. All are seismic events that have forged and influenced human history. These and so many other events had a profound effect on …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 24th

Verdict – Short-term bearish. Iron ore corrected two rounds during Asian hours and both with significant volume. From hourly chart, iron ore is creating lower highs and lower lows, correcting in a descending channel. Hour MACD is widening. Hourly slow stochastic KD has corrected from overbought area from July 22nd to areas above oversold area. …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Jul 24th

Ferrous Market Updates –    MySteel researched 247 steel mills operation rate at 91.02%, up 0.26^ w-o-w, up 5.08% y-o-y. Blast furnace utilisation rate 93.08%, up 0.12% w-o-w, up 6.72% y-o-y. Daily pig iron production at 2.48 million tonnes, up 3,200 tonnes, up 178,800 tonnes w-o-w. –    Mysteel 45 ports iron ores inventory 113.25 million tonnes, …

DCE corrects on narrowing steel margins

Iron ore future saw a slight correction and retreated from the recent rally due to narrowing steel margins. Thus, the most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange slipped slightly by 0.29% or RMB 2.50 to RMB 845.50 per tonne on Thursday. On the contrary, the steel rebar contract on the Shanghai …