Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 7th

Ferrous Market –    Steelbank Inventory: construction steel inventories 3.33 million tonnes, down 8.18% w-o-w. HRC 1.34 million tonnes, down 7.79% w-o-w. –    A CISA official indicated iron ore spike has increased the industry risk and harm to the stabilisation on the ferrous chain, and suspect some market squeeze and manipulation. –    DCE started a new …

Iron Ore: A strong start to the end

A total of 925,000 mt of iron ores was traded for the week ended Dec 4, down 32.5% week-on-week, as compared to 1.37 million mt of iron ore traded last week.   Apparently, most of the end-users had risen their restocking activities over the past week and the lower transaction volume implied their concerns over …

DCE rises toward the RMB 1,000/mt mark

Iron ore futures ended the week on record-breaking rally, which might challenge the RMB 1,000/mt mark at this bullish market momentum. The most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange surged by 4.24% or RMB 39.50 day-on-day to RMB 972/mt on Friday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, …

DCE rallies for another record-breaking round on reduced Brazilian supply

Iron ore futures set for another record-breaking level, due to market concerns over reduced supply from Brazil’s Vale. The most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange then rose by1.63% or RMB 15.50 day-on-day to RMB 937/mt on Thursday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, however dipped by 1.23% or RMB 48 …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Dec 3rd

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore Jan contract daily candle created a doji, however the intra-day high still create historic high. The Jan contract continue to roll, expected to finish early next week. The yesterday increase on position were proved as an intra-day turnover as most of them are decreased today. From hourly chart, …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 3rd

Ferrous Market –    Vale decrease the iron ore 2020 production to 300-305 million tonnes, previously 310-330 million tonnes. The year 2021 expected production at 315-335 million tonnes. The year 2022 iron ore production reached 400 million tonnes. In next few years, Vale expected annual production reaching 450 million tonnes. –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production …

DCE rises to record-high level on strong steel demand

Iron ore futures continued its record-breaking surge on good steel demand and market optimism on economic recovery from the pandemic. The most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange then rallied by 3.43% or RMB 31 day-on-day to RMB 934/mt on Wednesday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, also rose slightly …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Dec 2nd

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore Jan contract spiked following the coking coal Jan, which increased by 5.25%. The rolling of iron ore look very slow today. Be aware of short-run traders taking gains tomorrow. From hourly chart, slow stochastic KD went up through overbought area. CCI rebound slower. The first support is 915.0. …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 2nd

Ferrous Market –    China Iron ore 45 port arrivals(Nov 23-29th) at 22.05 million tonnes, down 1.02 million tonnes w-o-w. Northern six port arrivals at 10.96 million tonnes, down 938,000 million tonnes w-o-w. –    Mysteel researched Nov 30- Dec 6th Australia iron ore port maintainance impact iron ore delivery arround 1.001 million tonnes. –    Ganggu Construction …