Latest Analysis on the China steel market

Podcast - China LPG market weekly take-away: from geopolitical risk to oversupply

China's LPG market shifted from geopolitical risk pricing back toward fundamentals, with oversupply and rising inventories weighing on domestic prices.

WEEKLY: China's retail steel stocks hold largely steady on week

Retail stocks of the five major carbon steel items stockpiled in the commercial warehouses across China that Mysteel regularly monitors eased for the fourteenth consecutive week over June 12-18, but the decline had almost flattened out over the period, the results of Mysteel's latest weekly survey s

DAILY: China's imported iron ore prices stabilise after earlier falls

Prices for both portside and seaborne imported iron ore cargoes in China ticked up on June 18 after the declines of the previous two days. However, port trading remained sluggish amid weakening steel prices.

WEEKLY: China's rebar output rises further on week

China's rebar production recovered slightly this week, with the combined output of the 137 Chinese steel mills Mysteel regularly checks rising by 1.9% or 41,400 tonnes on week to 2.19 million tonnes over June 11-17, according to Mysteel's latest survey results.

WEEKLY: Chinese mills' steel stocks climb for 3rd week

Inventories of the five major carbon steel products held by the Chinese steel mills sampled in Mysteel's regular survey continued to mount during the period of June 12-18 to reach 4.31 million tonnes, up for the third consecutive week, albeit by a tiny 0.7% on week.

Podcast - Beyond the hype: China's green fuel winners and strategic bets

As China enters the first year of its 15th Five-Year Plan, we are launching a series of topical podcasts over the coming weeks, decoding the policy priorities, industrial transformations and market opportunities emerging during this critical period.

WEEKLY: Chinese traders' stainless stocks dip further

Total inventories of finished stainless steel in commercial warehouses in Wuxi and Foshan, China's two main stainless trading hubs, continued the downtrend during the week of June 12-18, with the tonnage dipping for the second week by 4,543 tonnes or 0.5% on week to reach 938,948 tonnes, according t

WEEKLY: China NPI prices rise on stainless spike

China's domestic spot prices of high-grade nickel pig iron (NPI) climbed this week, a trading week shortened by the country's Dragon Boat Festival holiday over June 19-21.

Mysteel daily China imported soybean crush margin tracking 20260618

Notes:1. The CBOT soybean prices, DCE soybean meal prices, and DCE soybean oil prices above correspond to the closing prices and night session closing prices of the respective main contracts (01, 03, 05, 07, 09) on the day. The contract matching rules for shipment periods are as follows: December-Ma

China advances full-chain oversight of strategic minerals

To strengthen national resource security, China is establishing a comprehensive full-chain protection system for strategic mineral resources.