Capesize rates dip on slow shipping demand

Capesize freight rates continued to dip, due to slow shipping demand in both basins. The Capesize 5 time charter average went down by $289 day-on-day to $12,332 on Tuesday, amid the muted market. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) then dropped by 1.30% or 16 points to 1,211 readings, due to weaker freight rates rates.   A better Atlantic …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Dec 2nd

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore Jan contract spiked following the coking coal Jan, which increased by 5.25%. The rolling of iron ore look very slow today. Be aware of short-run traders taking gains tomorrow. From hourly chart, slow stochastic KD went up through overbought area. CCI rebound slower. The first support is 915.0. …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 2nd

Ferrous Market –    China Iron ore 45 port arrivals(Nov 23-29th) at 22.05 million tonnes, down 1.02 million tonnes w-o-w. Northern six port arrivals at 10.96 million tonnes, down 938,000 million tonnes w-o-w. –    Mysteel researched Nov 30- Dec 6th Australia iron ore port maintainance impact iron ore delivery arround 1.001 million tonnes. –    Ganggu Construction …