Ferrous Daily Physical Review 4/2/21

Ferrous Market –    Tangshan 10 sample steel mills pig iron before tax 3117 yuan/tonne, billet cost 3956 yuan/tonne, down 1 yuan/tonne w-o-w. Gross profit -106 yuan/tonne, down 9 yuan/tonne. –    Tangshan billet lock price at 3850 yuan from Feb 2 – 17th(16 days), a 7 year high price during Chinese New Year. 3300 yuan(22 days) …

Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review 3/2/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore rebounded slightly, the intraday low at 925.0 gathered some trading volume to push iron ore price back to 940-950 level in the afternoon session. Hourly MACD potentially create gold cross. Hourly CCI rebounded for previous six hours and created intraday high. Hourly slow stochastic KD created …

Ferrous Daily Physical Review 3/2/21

Ferrous Market –    MySteel Australia and Brazil iron ore total delivery at 24.69 million tonnes, up 4.92 million tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore delivery 17.05 million tonnes, up 3.02 million tonnes w-o-w. Australia delivery to China 13.13 million tonnes, up 1.175 million tonnes w-o-w. Brazil iron ore delivery 7.645 million tonnes, up 1.896 million tonnes …

Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review 1/2/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish.   DCE iron ore corrected during the day. Iron ore consolidated for most of January. The breakdown on 1005.5 would potentially trigger a big level correction. Hourly CCI created double tops and potentially reach the weak area below -100. Houly MACD was flattening. The short-term signals were indicating an …

Ferrous Daily Physical Review 1/2/21

Ferrous Market –    Australia Pilbara Ports Authority sent a cyclone notice late last week, the cyclone passed by the Hedland port area, which was cleared during weekends. However the cyclone has left the coastal area on Monday, detail impact on delivery to be announced. –    FMG SSF discount expanded to 11% from 10% in January. …

Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review 29/1/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish.   DCE iron ore closed similar with last closing, however market volume and interest decreased. Hourly MACD was narrowing below 0 axis. Hourly slow stochastic KD created gold cross above oversold area. Short-run technical signals were indicating the previous correction was slowing.   The first support is 959.0. The …

Ferrous Daily Physical Review 29/1/21

Ferrous Market –    MySteel 45 ports iron ore inventories at 125.01 million tonnes, up 625,100 tonnes w-o-w. Daily evacuation 3.04 million tonnes, down 146,900 tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore 58.26 million tonnes, up 705,000 tonnes w-o-w. Brazil iron ore 43.71 million tonnes, up 109,200 tonnes w-o-w. 201 ships at ports, up 23. –    MySteel 14 …

Ferrous Daily Physical Review 28/1/21

Ferrous Market –    DCE added BX Steel pelletizing fine, IOC6, Kumba and Ukraine pelletizing fine into deliverable brands. The increase on deliverable iron ores would decrease the market corner chances during and before delivery month. –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 4.999 million tonnes, down 27,600 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 5.91 million tonnes, up 345,600 …

Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review 28/1/21

Verdict – Short-term bearish.   DCE iron ore corrected and breakdown two support above 1000. A breakdown further on 959.0 level would indicate a mid-run bearish created. The major correction was motivated by new short building positions. Hourly KD created dead cross early in this morning. CCI hourly created the lowest after Dec 29th, 2020. …