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Top news, commentary and analysis on the China steel and other commodities markets.

WEEKLY: China's retail steel stocks swell further on week

Retail stocks of the five major carbon steel items stockpiled in the commercial warehouses across China that Mysteel regularly monitors rose for the second week during June 26-July 2, mounting by 1.9%, the results of Mysteel's latest weekly survey showed.

Jul 02, 2026 11:20
MYSTEEL: China's iron ore market to continue falling in H2

Chinese imported iron ore prices ended the first half of this year lower on balance, despite a brief rebound in the middle of the period. On June 30, Mysteel SEADEX 61% Australian Fines was assessed at $98.25/dmt CFR Qingdao, lower by $5.85/dmt from January 2. Looking ahead to the July-December

Jul 02, 2026 10:00
Widening standard-heavy hog spread pushes prices higher

The domestic hog market has recently experienced a structural rebound, characterized by a rapid widening of the standard-to-heavy hog price spread and a sustained increase in the premium for heavy hogs. This has driven a phased uptick in spot pig prices nationwide, with futures prices strengthening

Jul 02, 2026 09:27
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Mysteel Indices
Dive into China’s commodity markets with the latest Mysteel price indices, backed by IOSCO assurance.

Date
07/02/2026
Latest
462.05
Change
-1.17
Date
07/01/2026
Latest
463.22
Change
-0.74
Date
06/30/2026
Latest
463.96
Change
+0.45
Date
06/29/2026
Latest
463.51
Change
-0.36
Date
06/26/2026
Latest
463.87
Change
-1.46

MyPrices
Access to over 200,000 daily prices on steel and its raw materials, non-ferrous metals, energy and chemicals, battery materials, and agricultural products.

Products
Unit
Yuan/t
Date
Jul 02
Latest
3,170
Change
-10
Products
Unit
Yuan/t
Date
Jul 02
Latest
3,310
Change
-10
Products
Unit
$/dmt
Date
Jul 02
Latest
99.6
Change
+0.95
Products
Unit
Yuan/t
Date
Jul 02
Latest
971
Change
-
Products
Unit
Yuan/t
Date
Jul 02
Latest
2,020
Change
-30
Products
Unit
Yuan/t
Date
Jul 02
Latest
2,100
Change
-10

Mysteel Survey
Latest updates from Mysteel's market surveys on China's commodity prices, inventories, production, imports/exports, costs, profits, and more.

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Jul
Price

Mysteel Daily Price Express 2026.7.02

Survey: Nickel, Chrome and Stainless Steel Prices 2026.07.02

02
Jul
Cost&Profit

Survey: Shandong medium-sulfur calcined petcoke theoretical profit 2026.07.02

02
Jul
Production

Survey: China coking unit operating rate 2026.07.02

Survey: China LNG production and apparent consumption 2026.07.03

02
Jul
Inventory

Survey: China weekly lithium ore inventory 2026.07.02

Survey: China weekly copper cathode inventory 2026.07.02

02
Jul
Trading

Survey: China copper rod daily transactions 2026.07.02

Survey: China copper cathode daily transactions 2026.07.02

02
Jul
Import/Export

Survey: China daily tin ingot import/export profit 2026.07.01