Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 14/09/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bullish.   Macro • U.S. August CPI growth rate at 8.3%, est. 8.1%, last 8.2%. The market expected that the Federal would prefer to initiate aggressive interest hike by 75 bps next week. • Chinese State Administration of Taxation indicated that from June to August, 3.553 million …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 13/09/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish.   DCE iron ore January contract successfully created periodic high, however resisted by 736.5 during the day. A breakthrough on 736.5 with expanding volume would indciate a continious fast pick up. Hourly MACD narrowed above 0 axis. Hourly CCI and slow stochastic KD both flattened. Technical signals were indicating …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 13/09/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bullish.   Macro • China NBS:Chinese August PPI up 2.5% on the year, down 1.2% on the month. Chinese August CPI up 2.5% on the year, down 0.1% on the month. Chinese August M2 supply up 12.2% on the year, est. 12.2%, last 12%.   Iron Ore …

Rio Tinto Resumes Western Australia Iron Ore Railings 13/09/22

UK-Australian firm Rio Tinto has resumed operations on a rail line that connects its 43mn t/yr Gudai Darri mine to port in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (WA), after 20 wagons derailed on 3 September.   The 10-day disruption to railings will make it more difficult for Rio Tinto to meet its guidance of …

A Room with a Technical View 12/09/22

Capesize October Futures – As noted last week, the futures had started to move lower with downside moves that held above the USD 11,132, supporting a near-term bull argument. The futures traded down to but held the USD 11,132 level, supporting a near-term bull argument, resulting in the futures moving higher (current price USD 15,250 …