Iron Market Report December 2013

S.Asian Metal Copyright Price appreciation was attributed to two factors.Asian Metal CopyrightG. cast iron prices increased significantly this month by RMB70/t in Xinjiang, RMB100/t in Hebei, RMB80/t in Shanxi, RMB130-160/t in Shandong, RMB60/t in Jiangsu and RMB100/t in Henan.Asian Metal Copyright Iron plants basically covered their sales targets for half a month with advance payments got early this month, so they lifted the ex-works price of S.Asian Metal Copyright Price appreciation was attributed to two factors.Asian Metal CopyrightG.Asian Metal Copyright On one hand, the several remaining iron plants in Wu’an, Hebei reduced or even stopped production due to power rationing in December, leading to supply tightness.Asian Metal Copyright cast iron considerably.Asian Metal Copyright On the other hand, most iron plants were closed down owing to environmental protection investigation, resulting in fewer cast iron supply, so downstream casting plants turned to purchasing S.Asian Metal Copyright cast iron.Asian Metal CopyrightG.Asian Metal Copyright cast iron.Asian Metal Copyright cast iron.Asian Metal CopyrightS.Asian Metal Copyright Iron plants basically covered their sales targets for half a month with advance payments got early this month, so they lifted the ex-works price of S.Asian Metal Copyright cast iron prices.Asian Metal CopyrightG.Asian Metal Copyright Participants expected that cast iron prices would remain stable with little increasing possibility due to limited demand from downstream markets and casting plants before the year-end in spite of significant increase in S.Asian Metal Copyright cast iron considerably.Asian Metal Copyright cast iron prices increased significantly this month by RMB70t in Xinjiang, RMB100t in Hebei, RMB80t in Shanxi, RMB130-160t in Shandong, RMB60t in Jiangsu and RMB100t in Henan.Asian Metal Copyright Though they saw unfavorable deals after price appreciation, they still kept prices of the material unchanged late this month.Asian Metal Copyright Iron plants basically covered their sales targets for half a month with advance payments got early this month, so they lifted the ex-works price of S.Asian Metal Copyright Participants expected that cast iron prices would remain stable with little increasing possibility due to limited demand from downstream markets and casting plants before the year-end in spite of significant increase in S.Asian Metal CopyrightG.Asian Metal CopyrightG.Asian Metal CopyrightG.Asian Metal Copyright cast iron prices.Asian Metal CopyrightG.Asian Metal Copyright