XINDE MARINE NEWS
Chinese Iron and Steel prices on April 16,2018 xinde marine news 2018-04-16 17:00



Moring offers of spot market cargos held stable today and some traders had desire to deliver the cargos under rising futures prices previously. Steel mills are active to make purchases today and market transactions climb up compared with that of yesterday. 
 
Market Transactions: Iron ore spot market has kept sluggish recently. Spot market prices show fluctuations influenced by production reduction measures and futures market. Both traders and steel mills are waiting for further market signs. Market transaction volume has been affected. Iron ore transactions still focus on mainstream middle and high resources and market participants have strong desire to lift low grade ore prices. 
 
Market Supply and Demand: Middle and high grade resources are in shortage at ports in recent days. Moreover, futures market prices fluctuate frequently and thus purchasing plan of steel mills is not optimistic. Facing the coming weekend, steel mills need to finish the purchasing target, resulting in growing market transactions. Individual steel mills adjust their proportioning given the profits. Middle and high grade ore usage have seen obvious growth and steel mills expressed that the following market prices are predicted to sustain fluctuations in the short term. 
 
Sources:XINDE MARINE NEWS

Please Contact Us at:

admin@xindemarine.com


展开全文

Related Posts

PIL launches Academy to strengthen workforce competencies in maritime transport and logistics

PIL2024-06-07

Coal shipments to advanced economies down 17% so far in 2023

Xinde Marine News2023-11-24

China futures market updates at close (Nov 14)

Sxcoal2023-11-15

CISA: China's daily crude steel output down 5.7% in late Oct

Sxcoal2023-11-06

China futures market updates at close (Oct 31)

Sxcoal2023-11-01

CISA: China's daily crude steel output down 1.2% in mid-Sep

Sxcoal2023-09-26