Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 04/01/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bearish.   Macro: • China’s Ministry of Finance: In 2023, China will appropriately increase fiscal expenditure, promote recovery of consumption market. • Many dry bulk shipowners will have to slow steam their fleets for their vessels to achieve a passing rating in the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 30/12/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • China’s Ministry of Finance: In 2023, China will appropriately increase fiscal expenditure, promote recovery of consumption market. • U.S. jobless claim increased 9,000 to 225,000, as expected. • Australia and India signed an agreement ECTA, aiming to decrease the bilateral taxes.   Iron Ore Key …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 29/12/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • As of January 8th, the PCR test of all entry personnel in China will be cancelled. • U.S. housing growth rate decreased from 11.1% in September to 9.8% in October, created the slowest growth rate since September 2020.   Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 …

A Room with a Technical View 19/12/22

Capesize Jan 23 Futures – Technically bearish two weeks ago, we noted that the roll into Jan had created a positive divergence with the RSI, meaning we did not consider the futures a technical sell. We did move higher with price trading above the USD 10,453 level, indicating that the technical, although bearish, now has …