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Trading in China Iron Ore Market to Improve, SMM Foresees

Apr 25, 2017 14:59

Source:SMM

Trading sentiment in China's iron ore market is expected to pick up this week, Shanghai Metals Market foresees.

SHANGHAI, Apr. 25 (SMM) – Trading sentiment in China's iron ore market is expected to pick up this week, Shanghai Metals Market foresees.

Last week, prices of China’s iron ore fell as SMM expected amid panic sentiment, and trading was poor.

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However, trading is expected to improve this week, SMM foresees, in preparation for the upcoming May Day holiday and currently low prices. But, no large-scale replenishment is expected.

For price outlook, SMM sees small room for prices to drop further after continuous declines, and stabilizing prices on domestic iron ore futures market last Thursday and Friday supported market to some extent.

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The concentrate price index of domestic iron ore stood at 994.8 yuan/mt last week, up 7.4% from a week earlier. Domestic iron ore prices in the main regions rose 20-130 yuan/mt, mainly due to the following reasons. First, the steel mills have higher demand for iron ore after the National Day holiday. And the domestic ore output in some regions trended lower amid power rationing, torrential rain, transportation restrictions, but recovered slowly from the second half of last week. Meanwhile, the price increases of imported iron ore early last week boosted the domestic ore prices.

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