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DCE defies gravity with bullish run

Iron ore futures continued their gravity-defying act for another record-breaking run, fueled by speculative trading and robust steel demand in China. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) broke new record with a daily gain of 9.68% to RMB 1,144.50/mt on Monday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures …

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Capesize rates rise despite volatile market

Capesize freight rates gained further on improving physical demand toward the year end, despite some market volatility. The Capesize 5 time charter average rose by $800 day-on-day to $14,943 on Friday, with good volume being changed hands especially for the Cal 21 and Cal 22 contracts. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) then went up higher …

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Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 21st

Ferrous Market –    Municipality of Brumadinho, Minas Gerais,have suspended for 7 days, or until the facts of the December 18 accident are clarified.A Vale miner Corrego do Feijao landslide in 18th caused 1 death. However Vale claimed the impact is not included in the production target since this miner is closed after the dam collapse …

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Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 21st

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish. DCE iron ore continued the market squeeze and the intra-day high was only 50 cents from limit up. Both SHFE rebar and SHFE HRC reached limit up. A stand on the upper side of the gap at 1100.0 from hourly chart would indicate iron ore potentially maintain strong. The …

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