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Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore Jan contract leaked in the first Asian morning session with the biggest one hour trading volume since Nov 6th, indicated the current high became a resistance level. The low of the day was same point as the high in Nov 17th at 861.5. A breakdown on this level …

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Ferrous Market – Steelbank Inventory: construction steel inventories 3.92 million tonnes, down 12.67% w-o-w. HRC 1.58 million tonnes, down 8.68%. – Tangshan 8 mills average pig iron pre-tax cost 2446 yuan/tonne, billet after-tax cost 3181 yuan/tonne, up 2 yuan/tonne. Gross profit 449 yuan/tonne, up 48 yuan from last week. – Peru Mining statistic indicated iron ore September production at …

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Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish. DCE iron ore Jan contract created yearly high again during the day. A correction above 874.0 should be consider as a normal correction and market remain bullish. At the same time, DCE iron ore may contract was weaker since the long jan-may arbitraging. The key driver of ferrous growth …

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Ferrous Market –    MySteel 45 ports iron ore inventories at 127.51 million tonnes, down 263,000 tonnes w-o-w. Daily evacuation 3.22 million tonnes, up 49,200 tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore 59.88 million tonnes, up 111,500 tonnes w-o-w. Brazil iron ore 41.61 million tonnes, up 578,900 tonnes w-o-w. 129 ships at ports, down 1 w-o-w. –    Mysteel …

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Verdict – Short-term neutral, be aware of reversal. DCE iron ore Jan contract rebound with increasing volume, Jan contract created historical high at 886.0. However hourly slow stochastic KD created dead cross near overbought area. Hourly CCI created bearish divergence with hourly candle from the first hour of the day. The first support is 850.0. …

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Ferrous Market –    Tangshan 10 steel mills average pig iron cost 2446 yuan/tonne, billet cost 3181 yuan/tonne, up 2 yuan/tonne. Mills gross profit 419 yuan/tonne, up 18 yuan w-o-w. –    China coal mines safety and inspection bureau planned to investigate Shanxi Province on the safety production and facilities for three months. –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: …

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Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore Jan contract created both higher highs and higher lows compared to yesterday. However the volatility range became smaller. Iron ore during last three days rebounded with smaller trading volume. From hourly chart, MACD was flattening. Slow stochastic KD was close to the bound of overbought area. If a …

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Ferrous Market –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.28 million tonnes, up 19,400 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.37 million tonnes, down 178,400 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation inventory 7.20 million tonnes, down 729,800 tonnes w-o-w. –    Decmil Group signed 22 million dollar contract with Rio Tinto on the west Pilbara Mesa J miner’s structure and transportation service, …

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