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China’s Cedar acquires UK-headquartered Stemcor Jan 22, 2020

Cedar Holdings Group Co Ltd, a privately-owned commodities investment company in China with quite some exposure in the domestic bulk commodities market, has expanded its presence by fully acquiring the UK-headquartered Stemcor Global Holdings Ltd on January 21 Swiss time, according to the two companies’ press releases.
BHP iron ore output dips 2% to 137 mln wmt for H1 FY20 Jan 21, 2020

BHP’s iron ore output from its core mining operations in Pilbara, Western Australia, recovered by 2% on year to 137 million wet tonnes (100% basis) over July-December, or the first half of its FY2020, mainly because of the “record production at Jimblebar and the impact of the train derailment in the December 2018 half year”, according to its latest quarterly report released on January 21.
BHP’s July-Dec met coal output dips 2% Jan 21, 2020

BHP’s July-December metallurgical coal production at its core mining assets in Queensland Coal, Northeast Australia, dropped by 2% on year to 20 million tonnes (actual share), mainly because of the planned wash plant shutdowns over the July-September quarter, according to the company’s latest quarterly report on January 21.
BHP’s Oct-Dec Production Table Jan 21, 2020

Operational performance (i) Other copper comprises Pampa Norte, Olympic Dam and Antamina. (ii) Fiscal 2020 runs over July 2019-June 2020. Source: BHP, released on January 21
Australian coal train derails, no injury reported Jan 20, 2020

An unloaded coal train operated by Aurizon, Australia’s largest rail freight operator, was derailed near Middlemount in Central Queensland of Northeast Australia at approximately 1pm on January 19 local time, an Aurizon spokesperson confirmed to Mysteel Global on January 20.
Yancoal Australia produces 35.6 mln t of coal in 2019 Jan 20, 2020

Yancoal Australia produced 35.6 million tonnes of saleable coal (actual share) from its assets in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia for 2019, or 8% higher from 2018, according to the company’s quarterly report, thus having exceeded its target at 35 million tonnes for last year.
India: ferro silicon price up as producers go out of stock Jan 20, 2020

Indian Ferro Silicon prices have risen sharply in the northeastern region amid a shortage of Ferro Silicon. Most of the Ferro Silicon producers are overbooked for the month. Whereas, few producers in Guwahati are holding material as they expect the prices to rise further.
Vale suspends tailings operations at Esperança mine Jan 17, 2020

Brazilian miner Vale, the world’s top iron ore miner, has decided to suspend waste and tailings operations at its Esperança mine in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, Southeast Brazil, according to an official announcement released on its website on January 16 local time.
Rio Tinto to ship 330-343 million t of iron ore in 2020 Jan 17, 2020

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has set its Pilbara iron ore shipments guidance for 2020 at 330-343 million tonnes, which is higher than last year’s final guidance of 320 to 330 million tonnes, according to the firm’s latest quarterly production report released on January 17. All tonnage is on 100% basis, Mysteel notes.
Rio Tinto's Oct-Dec production table Jan 17, 2020

Production summary Source: Rio Tinto, released on January 17
More electrode producers shut shop as CNY holidays loom Jan 16, 2020

As the week-long Chinese New Year break over January 24-30 approaches, China’s graphite electrode market has embraced the holiday mood and quietened markedly of late, market watchers told Mysteel Global Thursday. This has encouraged many electrode producers to halt operations and suspend business early to prepare for CNY, the country’s most important festival.
South32’s Jul-Dec manganese output slides Jan 16, 2020

South32 Limited, the world’s top manganese ore miner headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, saw its share of manganese ore output from its Australian and South African investments during last year’s July-December decline by 3% on year to 2.81 million wet tonnes, according to the company’s latest quarterly report released on January 16.
Imported scrap offers to Vietnam fall marginally Jan 16, 2020

Prices for imported scrap to Vietnam witnessed a downward trend over the last week, with offers from Japan as well as North America inching down on low demand as well as following the present global trend. The effect of rise in Japanese Kanto tender’s result is yet to be noticed.
South32's Oct-Dec production table Jan 16, 2020

Production Summary Note: South32’s financial year runs from July to June. Unless otherwise noted: percentage variance relates to performance during the half year ended December 2019 compared with the half year ended December 2018 (HoH) or the December 2019 quarter compared with the September 2019 quarter (QoQ); production and sales volumes are reported on an attributable basis. Source:
Ferrexpo pellet production falls marginally in CY '19 Jan 15, 2020

Ferrexpo plc, third largest exporter of pellet in the global market has released its Q4 CY19 results today. The company recorded pellet production at 10.52 MnT in CY19, down slightly as compared to 10.61 MnT in CY18. The output reduced amid falling demand.
Fatal accident halts Australian met coal mine Jan 14, 2020

Operations at the Curragh coal mine in Queensland in Northeast Australia owned by Coronado Global Resources (Coronado) have been suspended because of a fatal accident involving a worker at the open-pit mine in the afternoon of January 12, according to the company’s release on January 13.
Global ferrous scrap market overview - Week 2, 2020 Jan 14, 2020

Most of the major markets for ferrous scrap observed mixed trend this week. Turkish mills resumed buying this week from European origins, while offers to South Asian markets rose further, with India in particular observing significant improvement in trades. Japan’s monthly Kanto tender moved up.
Jianlong Xilin steel output hit record 4 mln t in 2019 Jan 13, 2020

Jianlong Xilin Iron & Steel Group (Xilin Steel), achieved a record high steel output of s4 million tonnes in 2019, up 39% or 1.12 million tonnes after the first-year restructuring by the Beijing-headquartered Jianlong Heavy Industry Group (Jianlong Group) since the end of 2018, according to a release of Jianlong Group on its official Wechat account on January 8.
India: Karnataka iron ore e-auction sales up 21% y-o-y Jan 13, 2020

Karnataka iron ore e-auction sales volume increased 21% Y-o-Y in CY’19. Total iron ore allotted quantity was recorded at 31.16 MnT in CY’19 compared to 25.69 MnT in CY’18.
South African iron ore exports exceed 60 MnT in CY19 Jan 10, 2020

As per bulk vessel line up data maintained with SteelMint, South African iron ore export shipments in CY’19 witnessed at 60.32 MnT, up by 0.54 MnT against 59.79 MnT in CY’18.

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Product	Grade	Size	Price	Chg	Port
Billet	3SP/Q235	150*150	490	0	Tianjin
Rebar	HRB400	20*12	500	-10	Tianjin
HRC	Q235B	5.51500C	518	-15	Talian
Plate	Q345B	1218002000	515	-20	Tianjin
CRC	SPCC	1.0*1250	535	0	Tianjin
Galvanized	SGCC	0.31000C	665	0	Tianjin

Company

China’s Cedar acquires UK-headquartered Stemcor Jan 22, 2020

BHP iron ore output dips 2% to 137 mln wmt for H1 FY20 Jan 21, 2020

BHP’s July-Dec met coal output dips 2% Jan 21, 2020

BHP’s Oct-Dec Production Table Jan 21, 2020

Australian coal train derails, no injury reported Jan 20, 2020

Yancoal Australia produces 35.6 mln t of coal in 2019 Jan 20, 2020

India: ferro silicon price up as producers go out of stock Jan 20, 2020

Vale suspends tailings operations at Esperança mine Jan 17, 2020

Rio Tinto to ship 330-343 million t of iron ore in 2020 Jan 17, 2020

Rio Tinto's Oct-Dec production table Jan 17, 2020

More electrode producers shut shop as CNY holidays loom Jan 16, 2020

South32’s Jul-Dec manganese output slides Jan 16, 2020

Imported scrap offers to Vietnam fall marginally Jan 16, 2020

South32's Oct-Dec production table Jan 16, 2020

Ferrexpo pellet production falls marginally in CY '19 Jan 15, 2020

Fatal accident halts Australian met coal mine Jan 14, 2020

Global ferrous scrap market overview - Week 2, 2020 Jan 14, 2020

Jianlong Xilin steel output hit record 4 mln t in 2019 Jan 13, 2020

India: Karnataka iron ore e-auction sales up 21% y-o-y Jan 13, 2020

South African iron ore exports exceed 60 MnT in CY19 Jan 10, 2020

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FOB prices of steel products on August 6