Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 14/06/22

Verdict – Short-term bearish.   Iron ore corrected as expected yesterday. September contract daily candles created two long lower shadows with expanding volume, indicating the buyers and sellers have some conflictions on current level and exhausted. Thus the price falling expected to slow down. Hourly MACD potentially created gold cross below 0 axis. Hourly slow …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 14/06/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Bearish.   Macro • U.S. S&P500 corrected by 4%, confirming an entrance into bear market analysed by Wallstreet analysts. However the Executive Director of Morgan Stanley James P Gorman believed that the probability of a recession in the US economy is 50%, but any downturn is unlikely to be …

Iron Ore Drops On China Covid Worries 14/06/22

Iron Ore Slides Ahead of Key China Data as Outbreaks Continue   Iron ore in Singapore slipped lower ahead of Wednesday’s economic data from China, as outbreaks in some of the nation’s key cities remain a drag on demand. The steelmaking ingredient is heading for a fourth straight decline, reversing gains made earlier this month …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 13/06/22

Verdict – Short-term bearish.   Iron ore corrected as expected from last week. Iron ore traded with expanding volume compared to late half of last week with some previous taking gains investors leaving market. Hourly MACD corrected below 0 axis. Hourly slow stochastic corrected in line with iron ore prices after the last dead cross …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 13/06/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bearish.   Macro • Shanghai financial department statistic indicated that 9472 enterprises above designated scale resumption rate reached 96%, utilisation rate reached 69%, up 20% from the first week of June. Daily electronic consumption up 5.6% last week, which was 86% during same period over last year. …

POSCO Halts Some Plants Due To South Korea Trucker Strike 13/06/22

Top Steelmaker in South Korea Halts Production on Trucker Strike   South Korea’s top steelmaker Posco said it has halted output of some products as a prolonged strike by truck drivers adds more disruption to global supply chains.  The Pohang-based company stopped production at its four wire-rod factories and two cold-rolled steel plants as of …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 10/06/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish.   Iron ore started to slowly head down after rejected on the strong resistance of 945- 948.0 during the week, DCE saw IO interest around two-year high. Maintaining the view from previous reports, it is hard to expect a big breakthrough given a limited amount of new buyers. Hourly …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 09/06/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish.   Iron ore rejected by 945- 948.0 area for the fourth day, DCE saw IO interest around two-year high. Maintaining the view from previous reports, it is hard to expect a big breakthrough given a limited amount of new buyers. Hourly MACD narrowed below 0 axis. Hourly CCI corrected …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 09/06/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.     Macro • Shanghai port daily containers throughput reached above 95% to pre-pandemic level. However freight rates increased because of shortages on ships.     Iron Ore Key Indicators: • Platts62 $147.25, +0.50, MTD $143.57. Seaborne PBF gathered interests after import margin improved significantly. Iron ore seaborne …