Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 2nd

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore pushed up during morning session, since DCE coking coal upsoared and support all ferrous products. However iron ore leaked after priced-in the sentiment and massively long covered by the last trading hour. From hourly chart iron ore potentially test low in 730.5 area since previous high rejected below …

FIS Daily Physical Review Jul 2nd

Ferrous Market Updates ​MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 4.01 million tonnes, up 0.11% w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.44 million tonnes, up 7.12% w-o-w. Circulation inventory 7.97 million tonnes, up 3.83% w-o-w. Mysteel 64 mills import sintering iron ore inventories at 16.79 million tonnes. Import iron ore turnover in 24 days. Southeast Asian steel and iron institute …

Steel and Scrap News 1/7/20

*Blast Furnace Game Time?* Steelmakers are planning on restarting several Blast Furnaces after being hot-idled for covid-19 in the US.  Sentiment remains that the demand side of HRC is lacking.  While US and European HRC curves remain in contango, US BUS scrap is pricing lower prints in Jul20 & Aug20.  This has put pressure on …

Capesize – Seven Years of Famine

Arguably the largest % gain ever during a 32-day period for the Capesize index having moved 1,449% higher (USD 28,865), the index is now within USD 7,000 of the 2019 high. Above this level will be unchartered territory for the 5TC Capesize index which replaced the old index back in 2014. We have seen moves …