Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 20/07/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bullish.   Macro • Russia expected to restart Nordstream I Natural Gas pipe on Thursday, with 40% capacity. • Eurozone June CPI up 8.6%, last 8.6%, est. 8.6%.   Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $96.45, -4.45, MTD $107.61. Resurgence of Covid-19 spread in new areas of …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 19/07/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • Reuters news indicated a letter from Gazprom had announced force majeure to at least one of its clients on the natural gas supply. U.S. white house predicted that OPEC + would increase oil supply after the talk between Joseph Biden and the middle-east countries.   …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 18/07/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish.   DCE iron ore September recovered the loss from previous trading day, following the rebound of all commodities, after a clearly oversold sentiment priced-in the market over last week. If a breakthrough on 695.0, iron ore potentially maintain the fast rebounding. Otherwise, iron ore potentially enter a narrowing consolidation …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 15/07/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish.   DCE iron ore September down , created the biggest single day drop since Jun 20th. The gap area from 677- 694.5 became the major resistance area. Hourly CCI slightly picked up approaching the boundary of neutral area. Technical signals were indicating a potential to test low in next …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 15/07/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • “Hawkish” U.S. Federal official James Bullard favors 75 basis point hike in July, reversed previous view on 100 basis points. FedWatch suggested that the probability of 100 bp hike dropped from 80% to 45% in a day. • China NDRC indicated that the 3% CPI …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 14/07/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish.   DCE iron ore September closes lower than yesterday, however settlement price was slightly higher than yesterday. Iron ore prices was snapped by the significant new sellers entering during the last ten minutes. Intra-day correction tested strong support around 603 – 703.5. A breakdown on this area would potentially …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 14/07/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • U.S. CPI refreshed 40 -year-high at 9.1%, last 8.6%, est. 8.8%. However U.S. president Joseph Biden believed that the oil price has fallen recently, which yet to reflect in the inflation statistics. • Goldman Sachs expected copper average price at $6700/mt, $7600/mt and $9000/mt in …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 13/07/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore September slumped yesterday however recovered most losses during the day. Thus, maintain neutral in short-run. The effective support area range from 693.0 – 703.5 have created four reversals within the previous four weeks. The resistance in 786.0 was strong as well, which used to be the upper …