Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 20/05/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bullish.   Macro • The minutes of the ECB meeting showed that ECB members were generally worried about high inflation data. The ECB should end its asset purchase program “in the first few weeks of the third quarter” and raise interest rates “for some time afterwards”. • …

Daily Capesize Review 19/5/22

Capesize freight rates rose further on better shipping demand with higher rates seen in the Atlantic market, due to thin ballaster list. The Capesize 5 time charter average, then rose by $1,837 day-on-day to $36,368 on Thursday, despite some slight correction in the trading session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) then rose by $100 day-on-day, …