Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Aug 3rd

Verdict – Short-term consolidate at high level. Iron ore rebounded during the first half hour by Asian morning, along with significant volume and open interest built. DCE iron ore September contract created yearly-high, the high of previous year was 924.5 created in Jul 16th, 2019. Most of commodities rebounded during this morning. However be aware …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Aug 3rd

Ferrous Market Updates –    Steelbank Inventory: rebar inventories 7.60 million tonnes, up 1.12% w-o-w. HRC 1.88 million tonnes, up 2.04%. –    China Mettallurgical Association statistics indicated Jun China iron ore concentrates 23.77 million tonnes, up 2.7% m-o-m. Jan – Jun iron ore production 130 million tonnes, down 0.3% y-o-y.  Glencore said it will lower coal …

DCE surges on accelerated bond completion by end-Oct

Iron ore futures rose further upon news of special bonds issuance to be completed by end-October, according to the China’s Ministry of Finance. Thus, the most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange went up by 1.02% or RMB 8.50 day-on-day to RMB 840 per tonne on Thursday. The steel rebar contract …

Steel and Scrap News

*Physical scrap moves higher on increased fixtures prior to Turkish holiday Turkish scrap import prices continued to strengthen this week, amid strong finished product demand. A Baltic based seller recently transacted an HMS 80:20 and bonus scrap cargo at $271/t and $281/t CFR respectively, a $5 increase over where physical was trading last week. However, …