Iron ore futures yo-yo as China steel exports fall

Iron ore futures surged above 109 in London morning on Wednesday, reversing early losses in Asia, on fresh concerns of coronavirus outbreak in China.   According to sources at port, a crew member in Lianyun Port was rumoured to have contracted the coronavirus, leading to fears of possible delays in ships unloading. So far, China …

FIS Castaway

Episode 16 is all about cross commodities. Alistair Pettey, the new head of FIS’s cross commodity execution desk joins Chris, Alex and Tom to discuss new developments as well as the usual markets updates. Available now on the FIS website (www.freightinvestorservices.com/media ) Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7yMLsm5s8tLtrCQr7bG8wD?si=FW6Rvj9HRjClAx3vRjq8iw And Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242  

DCE inches up amid cautious buying

Iron ore futures inched up higher on Wednesday, as market participants became more cautious amid mixed market outlooks. The most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange went up by 0.54% or RMB 4.50/mt day-on-day to RMB 837 a tonne. Following the upturn, the steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 15th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore tested low over last night and recovered the loss during day session. Daily iron ore closed with a doji. Both high and lows are narrower than yesterday. The strong support is on 823.5 area, price reverse several times during this week. If iron ore breakthrough 845.0, it will …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Jul 15th

Ferrous Market Updates –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.77 million tonnes, up 15,700 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 5.05 million tonnes, down 354,300 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation inventory 11.13 million tonnes, up 207,000 tonnes w-o-w. –    MySteel 45 port previous week iron ore arrived 23.45 million tonnes, down 656,000 tonnes w-o-w. Northern six ports arrivals at …

Steel margins—King of the Hill

Iron ore futures have been – and remain – an enigma in the commodity markets since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The widow-maker is the title of one article on Bloomberg and this is hard to argue; the rhetoric has been about the correction that is coming, not the bull market we have been …

Iron ore futures firmer as Australian volumes surge

Iron ore futures advanced on Tuesday on renewed optimism over a swift economic recovery in China and hopes for further demand after the rainy season.   The world’s biggest steel producer brought in 101.68 million tonnes of iron ore last month, surging from 87.03 million tonnes in May, data from the General Administration of Customs …

FIS Weekly Ferrous: iron ore neutral but risk remains

Ferrous Sector Money-flow: The previous weekly report gave seven weeks of short-run consolidation from the end of May when seeing the open interest peak for DCE market.   However market was strong by the first half of July. Open interest indicated most of the push was due to exit of shorts and re-entry as new …