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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 26/03/24
Verdict: • Short-run Neutral. Macro: • The World Steel Association statistic indicated that total crude steel production at 148.8 million tons, up 3.7% on the year. Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $108.80, -0.30, MTD $110.73. The MACF was traded at fixed price at $107.3 yesterday. All rest of concentrates were facing oversupply …
Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 22/03/24
Verdict: • Short-run Neutral. Macro: • US jobless claims last week at 210,000, estimated 213,000, last 209,000. Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $110.65, +4.15, MTD $110.96. The procurement of iron ore was majorly based on real-demand. The market participants agreed a slow demand for iron ore compared to past five years during …
Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 20/03/24
Verdict: • Short-run Neutral to Bullish. Macro: • Bank of Japan announced an interest rise by 10bps to 0% – 0.1%. The eight-year length negative interest rate officially terminated. Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $107.90, +2.65, MTD $111.33. The fast recovery on derivatives market as well as the return of China demand …
Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 19/03/24
Verdict: • Short-run Neutral to Bullish. Macro: • From January to February, China’s pig iron production reached 140.73 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6%. The crude steel production was 167.96 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%; The steel production was 21.343 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%. China’s coal production above …
Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 18/03/24
Verdict: • Short-run Neutral. Macro: • China National Statistics Bureau: China industrial value added amount above designated size up by 7% in January and February, up 0.2% from last December. • A statistic from BOE indicated that the expected inflation rate during the past three month had dropped from 3.3% to 3.0%. The long-run …
Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 13/03/24
Verdict: • Short-run Neutral. Macro: • US Labour department statistics indicated February CPI up 0.4% on the month, up 3.2% on the year, both fell into expectations. The strong CPI indicated a stubborn inflation condition, which decreased the probability to see interest cut before June. • EIA increased daily oil production by 90,000 barrels/day, …
Weekly Ferrous Report 12/03/24
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Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 12/03/24
Verdict: • Short-run Neutral. Macro: • The State Administration of Financial Supervision of China is researching to reduce the down payment of purchasing passenger cars and further optimise the pricing mechanism of new energy vehicles. • US whitehouse expected a slow down on economy growth with stubborn inflation, and predicted CPI growth by 2.9% …
Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 11/03/24
Verdict: • Short-run Neutral. Macro: • The US February non-agricultural payrolls up 275,000, however the labor market potentially hide the softening, given a 3.9% increase on jobless rate. • China NBS announced that the February CPI up 0.7%, higher than 0.3% estimated by Reuters. The fast growth ended the four consecutive decrease and created …