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Iron Ore Seen Gripping On to Surge Before Eventual Descent

Iron ore’s surge, with its latest jump to three-digits, is set to persist in the short term powered by supply concerns, before a market surplus in the second half spells a decline for the steelmaking material. Physical spot ore surged to $101.05 a ton on Friday, the highest since August, according to Mysteel Global. Elevated steel …

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China’s speedy recovery boosts PMIs in May

When China sneeze, the world catches cold, as the saying goes. However, if China economy recovers, how will the global market react? Once again, there were signs of recovery for the country’s economic after it was heavily embattled by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year. In May, both the official and private Purchasing Manufacturing Index …

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FIS Daily Physical Review Jun 1st

Iron Ore and Steel Market Updates –    Tangshan brought out new air pollution restriction in June, will potentially affect 35,000 tonnes of pig iron production, equal to 12% lower on blast furnace utilisation rate in Tangshan. –    Steelbank Inventory: rebar inventories 7.49 million tonnes, down 4.24% w-o-w. HRC 2.21 million tonnes, down 6.93% w-o-w. –    …

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DCE rallies on good construction demand

Chinese futures rallied toward the end of the trading close, on higher construction steel demand and tighter inventory. The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, jumped by 6.44% day-on-day to RMB 752 per tonne on Friday. Following the rally, the steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures …

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Capesize rates drag by long tonnage list

Sluggish Pacific and Atlantic had dragged down Capesize rates and reversed much of the gains that occurred in previous week. By Thursday, the Capesize 5 time charter average went down further by $558 to $3,228, despite more buyers entry at the afternoon session in trying to lift the market. Given the volatile Capesize rates and …

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