Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 25/07/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bullish.   Macro • Russia and Ukraine signed agreements with Turkey and the United Nations on the transportation of agricultural products from the Black Sea ports, and the parties will cooperate to export grain from three Ukrainian ports, including Odessa. • According to the sanctions adjustment agreed …

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

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish.   DCE iron ore September intra-day high was resisted below 694.5, which used to be a boundary of previous gap. The low was supported by strong supporting level from 633.5 – 640.0. Daily MACD potentially create gold cross, led by daily CCI which left bearish territory. A breakthrough on …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 22/07/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • China NBS June excavators produced 21,769 units, down 3.4% on the year(May down 30.4%). H1 produced 156,803 units, down 27.1% on the year. • European central bank decided to increase 0% interest rate by 50 bp, created the first interest rate hike in the past …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 21/07/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore September maintained consolidation as expected. The rangebound became smaller observed by lower highs and higher lows. Hourly CCI flattened. Hourly MACD slowed down above 0 axis. The current strong resistance was 694.5, which was the upper boundary of a previous gap. The lower support lied in 634.5 …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 21/07/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • China July 1-year LPR at 3.7%, est. 3.7%, last 3.7%. 5-year LPR 4.45%, est. 4.45%, last 4.45%. • The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in 11 years on July 21st. Market expect the interest hike would raise …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 20/07/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore September created lower highs and lower lows during the day. The low of the day at 633.5 broke important support at 633.5. The next breakdown on this level would confirm a new round of accelerated correction. Otherwise iron ore potentially stay in narrower rangebound area. Hourly MACD …

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 …