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Chinese futures rallied throughout the week and reached almost a one-year high, upon market optimism. The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, rose by RMB 8 or 1.02% day-on-day to RMB 789 per tonne, a 11-month high on Thursday. Likewise, the steel rebar contract on the Shanghai …
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Ferrous Market Updates – Mysteel researched 247 blast furnace operation rate at 90.63%, down 0.39% w-o-w. Utilisation rate 93.08%, down 2.27% w-o-w. Daily pig iron production 2.48 million tonnes, down 7,200 tonnes w-o-w. – Mysteel 45 ports iron ores inventory 108.78 million tonnes, up 693,300 tonnes w-o-w. Daily evacuation 3.16 million tonnes, up 6,000 tonnes …
Ferrous Market Updates – Both port trades and seaborne trades are traded lower yesterday. Some physical traders are reluctant to accept the high price. From the other side, Australia has boost volume during the last month of the fiscal year. – MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 3.89 million tonnes, down 2.99% w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.41 …
*Physical scrap fixtures continue to be rangebound* A handful of physical fixtures have been reported over the past week, with traded levels holding relatively steady at around $255/t CFR. The most recent fixture was a UK based seller transacting a 15kT cargo, split across 14kT HMS 80:20 at $253/t and 1kT shredded scrap at $258/t …
Ferrous Market Updates – Major mid-grade iron ores are seeing few weeks of tight supply. However some physical traders expect the supply will recover due to June shipments increase may reflect on July arrivals. Many ships congested in ports. – Tangshan production curb only restricted on sintered machines, however no impact on blast furnace. – …
Market Commentary Iron ore futures advanced again on Tuesday, aided by bullish sentiment in China’s equity markets as well as concerns over near-term supply tightness. Following its best single-day percentage gain in about five years on Monday, the Shanghai composite were again higher on Tuesday, despite state media calling for retail investors to be rational, …
