Daily Ferrous Physical Review 15/10/20

Ferrous Market –    Canada miner Black Iron signed a 60 million dollar contract including a project with 646 million tonnes of iron ores. –    Indian Miner Industrial Organisation FIMI indicated India needs 165 million tonnes of iron ore. FIMI also indicated potentially impose export tariff on 58% grade of iron ore. –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: …

European Close 14/10/20

Sentiment is turning sour for the Iron Ore futures with continued downside selling pressure. Exports from Australia have held above 18 million tons for 3 consecutive weeks, following record flows in September from Port Hedland (Bloomberg). The November futures took the worst of the hit early in the night session with price trading down to …

FIS CASTAWAY – EPISODE 28

Please click below to view the report         Covid-free podcast. Don’t worry, we don’t mention the C word this week. Join Chris, Kerry and Tom as they discuss the movers and shakers in the freight and commodity markets.   Website https://freightinvestorservices.com/blog/fis-castaway-eps-28-unprecedented-coverage-in-unprecedented-times/   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Or1J28BVx3QpqCNoshu8D?si=0HRbKajpTseE7rBmegtslQ   And Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242#episodeGuid=ceed5e2e-6c21-838b-9e13-2573ebdd402b     Disclaimer: This podcast is …

DCE dips from higher supplies and lower steel output

Iron ore futures opened high before dropping at the closing due to high port inventory and lower steel production. The most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange ended the afternoon session down by 2.38% day-on-day to a two-week low of RMB 798.50 per tonne on Wednesday. The steel rebar contract …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Oct 14th

Verdict – Short-term bearish. DCE iron ore keep correction and testing 809.0 area, which was a strong support in last two months. The breakdown on this support indicate iron ore potentially test 783.5 and return to bearish in mid-run. From hourly chart, however KD is flattening. CCI is also potential to create a bullish divergence. …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Oct 14th

Ferrous Market –    Vale port at Malaysia PDM III North and PDM IV South maintenance expected delivery impact arround 518,000 tonnes. –    MySteel Australia and Brazil delivery last week down 1.35 million tonnes. Australia delivery 18.58 million tonnes, down 223,000 tonnes. Australia delivery to China 15.95 milllion tonnes, up 161,000 tonnes w-o-w. Brazil delivery 6.88 …

European close

A bit of a quandary for iron ore overnight. Iron ore futures had, as mentioned previously entered a corrective phase within a bull move. We asked the question whether China can keep consuming iron ore at this rate and if so, for how long. Well, apparently that question is hanging a little heavier than we …

DCE falls on high stocks and lower steel output

Iron ore futures dipped on high port stocks accumulated over the holidays period, while steel demand slowed from output cut from Tangshan. The most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange dropped by 1.57% day-on-day to RMB 813 per tonne on Tuesday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange …