ABSTRACT On November 2, both iron ore and steel futures prices in China slumped further and hit their respective daily limit down on the growing bearish sentiment in these domestic ferrous markets. On Tuesday, the most-traded January 2022 rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) plunged by Yuan 368/tonne ($57.5/t) or 8% on from Monday's settlement price to close the daytime session at Yuan 4,230/t, and the most-traded January 2022 iron ore contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) slumped Yuan
Eastern Steel sells billet and slab to China and Asean countries using international pricing. Not China price. Billet and slab are selling like hot cakes.
Steel pipes and hardware are part of trading business only.
The drop in the rebar price has nothing to do with Hiaptek, who care about China Rebar future price. Hiaptek does not involve in rebar business. Malaysian investors are simply selling Hiaptek shares without knowledge.
I recommend to buy Hiaptek because the share price is undervalued. Q1 2022 result to be released in December 2021 will be very good. The steel price from August to October is very high. Patience to wait until December 2021 to receive your Christmas present.
I hope the Q1 2022 good result will help to move up the share price.
I cannot dictate the share price, up or down is beyond my control.
Iron ore price drop below 100 for the first. Cham liao lah. Correct?
Iron Ore Tumbles as China’s Curbs on Steel Output Roil Market Krystal Chia Tue, November 2, 2021, 3:03 PM·3 min read In this article:
(Bloomberg) -- Iron ore futures extended losses below $100 a ton on shrinking steel output in China and signs economic growth is facing mounting headwinds. Prices in Singapore slumped for a fifth day as the world’s top steelmaker ramped up efforts to cap annual steel volumes. While China has imposed curbs on production throughout 2021, restrictions are now being rolled out more frequently and limits have been extended into the first quarter in an effort to ensure blue skies for the Winter Olympics.
Daily crude steel output in the final third of October dropped to the lowest since March 2020, according to researcher Mysteel, which cited a survey of 247 blast furnaces and 71 electric-arc furnaces. There were frequent requests from local governments to curb production, while lackluster steel demand and softening prices have dampened mills’ willingness to produce, it said.
China’s top industry group has previously said steel volumes fell in early and mid-October, while official data showed output plunged to the lowest since 2017 in September.
“The probability that iron ore demand slides by at least 20% in the fourth quarter is increasing, judging from lower downstream demand,” said Orient Futures Co. analyst Xu Huimin. “We have to monitor if mills will actually reduce production on their own, which will worsen the market a step further.” The iron ore market in October was already at a 15% surplus, and cost support is currently at about $80 to $90 a ton, she said.
Iron ore futures in Singapore dropped 7.5% to $92.75 a ton by 2:59 p.m. local time. Prices in Dalian fell the daily limit, while rebar and hot-rolled coil slumped in Shanghai.
Eastern Steel sells billet and slab to China and Asean countries using international pricing. Not China price. Billet and slab are selling like hot cakes.
Just a major correction playing out! Which is strange considering China is curbing steel production, which logic tells us that steel supply will be limited in medium term! Which will see shortage in steel supply! But then again, logic does not play out well sometimes! Oh well, just wait until this major correction stabilize!
As for crash, this is not crash! It's not like suddenly the world has too much supply of steel and no demand! Instead, we seeing China reduction steel supply so that the sky in China turn blue! Like i said, logic is nonsense at the moment!
Deluge of steel billet cargoes offered to Southeast Asia amid China crash Large volumes of steel billet position cargoes held by traders have been offered at lower prices to buyers in Southeast Asia in recent days amid China’s continued price decline, sources told Fastmarkets.
Closures at Chinese rerolling mills amid power rationing and environmental measures, together with spiraling ferrous futures markets, have badlym damaged steel billet demand in the country this week, prompting a crash in both local and import prices. “The billet import market is dead and position cargoes are attempted to being moved to other destinations by traders,” a Chinese trading source said. “Traders are offering cargoes to whichever market they can get a sale in now. There might be millions of tonnes of position cargoes out there,” a South Asian trading source said.
Extended rolling mill closures smash China steel billet prices Deluge of steel billet cargoes offered to Southeast Asia amid China crash Large volumes of steel billet position cargoes held by traders have been offered at lower prices to buyers in Southeast Asia in recent days amid China’s continued price decline, sources told Fastmarkets.
Closures at Chinese rerolling mills amid power rationing and environmental measures, together with spiraling ferrous futures markets, have badlym damaged steel billet demand in the country this week, prompting a crash in both local and import prices. “The billet import market is dead and position cargoes are attempted to being moved to other destinations by traders,” a Chinese trading source said. “Traders are offering cargoes to whichever market they can get a sale in now. There might be millions of tonnes of position cargoes out there,” a South Asian trading source said.
China’s billet market falls again, leaves almost no hope for imports Local billet prices in China have slipped again today, following the sharp drop in rebar futures prices and the weak outlook ...Source: SteelOrbis
World largest Steel maker peak at 13th sept 2021 rm11.84 and now drop like golek sampai kaki bukit at Rmb6.76 only in less than 2 mths back to Early Feb 2021 price already. So scary like melting glacier leh. Will Hiaptek follow the Steel Taikor back to Feb 2021 price or not. No one know leh. Correct?
Like any kind of product, the price of steel is in large part determined by supply and demand! As supply decreases, the demand (and price) increases! The current supply of steel is very low and is causing the price of steel to continue to rise!
Moneymakers! Yeah, the mainstream media telling us demand in China is dropping! The usually stuff! Just like how they tell us, we have chip shortage or oil shortage!
Moneymakers! Please continue educating us! Seems you are ahead of the curve! Old man like me has lower cpu power! Nice to read someone knowledgeable like you!
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Thank you Colgate.