Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 22/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • Chinese Loan Prime Rate at 1-year length cut 5 bps to 3.65%, 5-year length at 4.3%, cut 15 bps. • Chinese State Council decided to extend the policy of exempting new energy vehicles from purchase tax to the end of next year, and it is …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 19/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • China NBS: July excavators produced 19,612 units, down 3.2% on the year. Jan-July total produced 185,743 units, down 25.6% on the year. Jan- July total sold 161,033 units, down 33.2% on the year. • U.K. CPI in July up $10.1 on the year, refreshed the …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 18/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Neutral.   Macro ·           NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Index(HMI) decrease 6 to 49, created the eighth consecutive monthly decrease. The number was also the lowest since 2014, which indicated the U.S. economy was slowing down. ·           AFS: Global automobile market decreased 2.9973 million units, expected to decrease 3.8262 million units …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 17/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Neutral.   Macro ·           NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Index(HMI) decrease 6 to 49, created the eighth consecutive monthly decrease. The number was also the lowest since 2014, which indicated the U.S. economy was slowing down. ·           AFS: Global automobile market decreased 2.9973 million units, expected to decrease 3.8262 million units …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 16/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • Chinese central bank PBOC lowered one-year length Medium Lending Facility rate from 2.85% to 2.75%. Market expect Loan Prime Rate in China should follow the decrease soon. • NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Index(HMI) decrease 6 to 49, created the eighth consecutive monthly decrease. The number was …