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Ferrous trade weekly review 20/8/21

A total of 950,000 mt of iron ores was traded for the week ended Aug 20, up 25% week-on-week, after a week of price corrections. Iron ore prices continued their correction phrase this week, to the extent of sharp drop to $130.20/mt under Platts assessment of the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index. During the week, …

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Daily DCE Review 20/8/21

Iron ore futures inched up for slight gain at day session close, despite experiencing a good rebound at the morning session after a week of trading losses. The futures of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for September delivery then rose slightly by 0.26% day-on-day or up RMB 2 to RMB 777.50/mt, during the day trading session …

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Daily Capesize Review 19/8/21

Capesize freight rates rose on bullish market momentum with a strong Atlantic basin pushing for further gains. The Capesize 5 time charter average, then rose by $2,866 day-on-day to $47,361 on Thursday, extending the bullish run. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also hiked up further at record-high levels of $3,976, up 3.73% day-on-day, from the …

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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 20/8/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore： ·         Iron ore short-run neutral. Macro ·         China National Bureau of Statistics: Excavators production in July 18,357 sets, down 18.4% y-o-y. Jan-Jul total produced 232,633 sets, up 22.7% y-o-y. The year on year growth rate has decrease for consecutive four months. ·         500  concrete companies in China indicated last week …

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Tanker Morning Report 20/08/21

  News Headlines: Shipping Moving Towards Zero-Emission Period, but Pace is Still Quite Slow (Hellenic) More needs to be done, in order for shipping to transition to the zero-carbon era. The industry is estimated to be responsible for approx. 3.0% of global CO2 emissions, but several scientists have projected that the sector could account for …

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Morning Fuel Oil Report 20/08/21

Morning Oil Report   At 11:57 am Singapore time (0357 GMT), the ICE October Brent futures contract was up 32 cents/b (0.47%) from the previous close at $66.77/b, while the NYMEX September light sweet crude contract was 34 cents/b (0.53%) higher at $64.03/b.   Oil prices rose on Friday, pulling up from three-month lows, but …

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