Daily Ferrous Physical Review Jul 16th

Ferrous Market Updates –    Mysteel mills inventory 16.13 million tonnes. Inventory turnover in 23 days. –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 3.83 million tonnes, down 1.49% w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.31 million tonnes, down 3.22% w-o-w. Circulation inventory 8.42 million tonnes, up 2.99% w-o-w. – Economic Data –    China Q2 GDP down 3.2% y-o-y, up 11.5% …

Iron ore futures yo-yo as China steel exports fall

Iron ore futures surged above 109 in London morning on Wednesday, reversing early losses in Asia, on fresh concerns of coronavirus outbreak in China.   According to sources at port, a crew member in Lianyun Port was rumoured to have contracted the coronavirus, leading to fears of possible delays in ships unloading. So far, China …

FIS Castaway

Episode 16 is all about cross commodities. Alistair Pettey, the new head of FIS’s cross commodity execution desk joins Chris, Alex and Tom to discuss new developments as well as the usual markets updates. Available now on the FIS website (www.freightinvestorservices.com/media ) Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7yMLsm5s8tLtrCQr7bG8wD?si=FW6Rvj9HRjClAx3vRjq8iw And Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242  

Steel and Scrap Update 15/7/20

Will we reach $260/t CFR for physical scrap? Stronger Chinese demand for finished steel products has helped increase Turkish scrap import prices over the past week. Again, there were a handful of physical bookings completed late last week between $255-$258/t CFR. According to Platts a US based seller transacted an HMS 90:10 cargo (which also …

DCE inches up amid cautious buying

Iron ore futures inched up higher on Wednesday, as market participants became more cautious amid mixed market outlooks. The most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange went up by 0.54% or RMB 4.50/mt day-on-day to RMB 837 a tonne. Following the upturn, the steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 15th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore tested low over last night and recovered the loss during day session. Daily iron ore closed with a doji. Both high and lows are narrower than yesterday. The strong support is on 823.5 area, price reverse several times during this week. If iron ore breakthrough 845.0, it will …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Jul 15th

Ferrous Market Updates –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.77 million tonnes, up 15,700 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 5.05 million tonnes, down 354,300 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation inventory 11.13 million tonnes, up 207,000 tonnes w-o-w. –    MySteel 45 port previous week iron ore arrived 23.45 million tonnes, down 656,000 tonnes w-o-w. Northern six ports arrivals at …