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ENGINE: Europe & Africa Bunker Fuel Market Update 12/7/21

European and African bunker prices have edged up over the weekend, and outer anchorage bunkering is possible in Las Palmas again with calmer weather.    Changes on the day to 08.00 GMT today:  VLSFO prices up in Gibraltar ($5/mt) and Rotterdam ($2/mt), and down in Durban ($1/mt)  LSMGO prices up in Gibraltar ($4/mt) and Durban …

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Daily DCE Review 12/7/21

Iron ore futures moved in a choppy fashion on Monday, over looming concerns for further production cuts in China. The futures of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for September delivery then opened high, only to fall before recovery at the close with gain of 1.45% day-on-day or RMB 17 to RMB 1,188.50/mt during the day trading …

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Daily Capesize Review 9/7/21

Capesize freight rates recovered from recent slump and drove up on better Atlantic basins, while market slowed down in the Pacific basin. The Capesize 5 time charter average, then increased by $712 day-on-day to $30,972 on Friday, after some improvement in the trading session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also rose slightly by 0.58% day-on-day, …

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Iron Ore DCE Sep Daily Technical Review 12/7/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore September started to give back gains created by last Friday night session. The next session iron ore is facing correction risk. Hourly MACD created gold cross. Hourly CCI created a periodic rebound from July 8th. Hourly slow stochastic KD created gold cross and accelerated on the rebound. Technical …

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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 12/7/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore： ·         Iron ore short-run neutral. Macro ·         China central bank PBOC decrease RRR by 0.5% on July 15th, an equivalent of 1 trillion yuan. However PBOC strategy commissioner said the RRR cut was neutralizing the maturity of MLF, the entire liquidity system was balanced and stable. ·         A spokesman for …

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FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 12/07/21

At 10:30 am Singapore time (0230 GMT), the ICE September Brent futures contract was down 11 cents/b (0.15%) from the previous close at $75.44/b while the NYMEX August light sweet crude contract was down 8 cents/b (0.11%) at $74.48/b.   After failing to ratify production increases from the rest of the year, the OPEC group …

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