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Iron ore futures rebounded modestly on Tuesday as investors remained concerned over China’s steel demand. Rebar led the way for the rebound in Asia as investors became concerned over the latest environmental curbs in Tangshan which may lead to temporarily closure of many blast furnaces and sintered machines in the area. Iron ore failed …
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Chinese futures fell for the second consecutive day due to market concerns over lower steel demand the rainy season. The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, went down slightly by RMB 3.50 or 0.47% day-on-day at RMB 744.50 per tonne on Tuesday. The steel rebar contract on …
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Chinese futures slipped downward despite the return of Chinese participants after a long holiday. The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, went down by RMB 29 or 3.79% day-on-day at RMB 736 per tonne on Monday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange followed suite …
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Verdict – Short-term bearish. DCE iron ore broke down 746.5, the neckline of previous multiple tops from June 5th. If a further breakdown on 733.0, iron ore potentially entered a bearish market and targeting 685.5. From hourly chart, Iron ore created dead cross during this morning with massive volume. Slow stochastic KD widened after a …
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BHP completed its first blockchain iron ore trade with China Baoshan Iron & Steel worth around 14 million mt on Monday. The transaction was done via MineHub platform for June delivery and the platform process included contract terms, exchanged digital documents and provided real-time cargo visibility. Keeping its promise Thus, BHP had kept its …
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Ferrous Market Updates – MySteel 45 ports iron ore inventory at 107.81 million tonnes, up 1.64 million tonnes w-o-w. Daily evacuation 3.20 million tonnes up 93,800 tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore on ports at 61.34 million tonnes up 619,000 tonnes w-o-w. Brazil iron ore on ports at 21.73 million tonnes up 402,500 tonnes w-o-w. – …
Australian medium grade fines kept its high popularity status among Chinese buyers for the week ended on 26 Jun 2020. The short trading saw a total of 2.4 million mt iron ore exchanged hands, up 21.26% on-week from previous week volumes at 1.9 million mt. New platform for iron ore trading The uptick of …
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