Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 15/02/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • EU published winter report in 2023, increased the economic growth rates of EU and Euro Zone to 0.8% and 0.9%. • U.S. January CPI fell from 6.5% to 6.4%, created a 7-month drop, refreshed new low since October 2021, however higher than expected 6.2%. Core …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 14/02/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bearish.   Macro: • EU increase the growth rate of economy from 0.3% to 0.9%. At the same time, EU decreased the inflation expectation from 6.1% to 5.6% in 2023. EU indicated that Euro potentially had escaped technical recession.   Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $121.85, …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 13/02/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • China January CPI up 2.1% on the year, lower than expected 2.3%, up 0.8% on the month, refreshed new high since January in 2021. China January PPI down 0.8% on the year, down 0.4% on the month.   Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $126.10, …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 10/02/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • China NDRC held meeting to improve price stablisation in 2023, including strengthening supply, enhancing price mechanism and increasing effective price management.   Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $125.50, +2.60, MTD $124.61. Recently BHP sold few laycans of JMBF at IODEX March Index and a …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 09/02/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • EIA predicted the WTI price reached $83.63/barrel in 2023, $77.84/barrel in 2024.   Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $122.90, +1.20, MTD $124.46. The BHP operation stoppage for 24 hours had limited impact on the production and shipment of iron ore. BHP sold JMBF at …