Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 04/05/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • U.S. Federal increased interest rate by 25 bps to 5.00% – 5.25% area as previous expectation. However the conference didn’t mention “ a further interest hike”, which was read as federal would stop interest hike. • IMF published “Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific report”, …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 28/04/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • China NBS statistic indicated that Jan- Mar 2023 industrial profit amount above designated scale reached 151.67 million yuan, down 21.4% on the year. • U.S. Q1 GDP growth rate at 1.1%, lower than expected 2.0%.   Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $106.05, -1.60, MTD …