China's charge market maintained its weak operation on December 28.

Lange Steel December 28 news, the domestic charge market to maintain weak operation. The steel billet market oscillated; the iron ore market was sluggish; the scrap steel market was weakly consolidated; and the coke market was generally trading. According to Lange Steel Information Research Center, market monitoring is as follows:

Billet market: The domestic steel billet market continues to be in a weak and volatile pattern. Tangshan prices have experienced tentative pull-ups, but the pattern of low market demand has not improved significantly. With the passage of time, the festive atmosphere became more and more intense, while the trend of the steel industry was rather deserted. The financial market's stabilized and stabilized was weak on the steel market. However, the billet market was affected by the poor transaction of resources, and the market trend was all the way weaker. Concussion, and pre-holiday cash flow pressure highlights, post-holiday trend is expected to be cautious, the market is facing two-way constraints of resource sales and sluggish market conditions. Affected by the external environment, the recent weakness in the steel market has been limited, and the turbulence adjustment in the billet market is still the mainstream. Tangshan area common carbon 150*150 billet mainstream market cash tax price of 3730 yuan, the general carbon 165*225 rectangular billet mainstream market tax price in 3760 yuan, low alloy 150 billet price in 3850 yuan, up 30 yesterday yuan. The price of common carbon 150 billets in Tianjin was 3,780 yuan, the price of low alloy 150 billets was 3,900 yuan; the price of common carbon 150 billets in Anyang was 3,800 yuan, and the price of low alloy 150 billets was 3,900 yuan; the general carbon 150 in Wuxi The price of billet is 3900 yuan, the price of low alloy 150 billet is 4,000 yuan; the price of carbon billet 150 in Zibo area is 3800 yuan, and the price of low alloy 150 billet is 3900 yuan.

Iron ore market: The domestic iron ore "seeking bottom" wait and see, filled with depression atmosphere. Some steel mills lowered the purchase price of iron ore. The procurement policy of steel mills has reached a new low during the year, and has deviated from the market's actual bearing capacity. Most mining companies have no love for the market. With the deepening of iron ore purchases by steel mills, the stocks of large ore deposits are “accumulative” and a small number of mining companies are just around in depression. On the other hand, the imported ore continues to stably operate, but the downward shift in the cost support for steel (4229, -1.00, -0.02%) is still unfavorable for the later market operation, and the iron ore market will experience the process of "downstream seeking". The downturn continued to spread before the end of the month. In Tangshan, 66% of the acid wet basis is not taxed in the mainstream market price of 90-920 yuan, and the mainstream price in Zunhua is 890-910 yuan. The price of 66% sour powder dry basis is from 1180-1190 yuan. The price of 66% acid powder wet basis in Wu'an District is 940-960 yuan. Beipiao area 65-66% wet powder acid powder does not include the tax price of 760-780 yuan, down 10 yuan. Jianping area 65-66% acid powder wet powder does not include the tax price of 780-790 yuan. The main domestic port printing powder 63.5% market price in the 1040-1050 yuan. 63.5% of the printed foreign offer is quoted at $141-143.

Scrap market: The domestic scrap market is undergoing a weak consolidation. The recent financial market has been sluggish, the finished material market has been weak, and the scrap market has been operating at a low level. The transaction of scrap market resources is still not improving. Currently, steel mills are either stopping production or restricting mining. Under this situation, distributors are not enthusiastic about the operation, and are reluctant to sell and stock their goods. The overall market trend is sluggish. It is expected that the scrap market will continue to weaken in the near future. The heavy waste market price in Beijing is at 2,920 yuan; the heavy waste market price in Tangshan is 3020 yuan; the heavy waste market in Anyang is 3,160 yuan; the heavy waste market in Foshan is 3,240 yuan; the heavy waste market in Jiangyin is 3,460 yuan; The heavy waste market price in Shanghai is 3,460 yuan; the heavy waste market in Xi’an is 2,850 yuan; the heavy-duty market in Liaoyang is 3,250 yuan; the other domestic scrap market is consolidating.

The coke market: The domestic coke market is generally traded. Affected by the improvement of transactions in North China, the atmosphere of the coke enterprises in East China is also growing stronger. Although the coking plant has been willing to increase in the near future, steel mills generally take a wait-and-see attitude because they are facing a loss situation. It is understood that the recent coke turnover in Shanxi Province is quite high, because coke enterprises are substantially limited production, coking enterprises basically achieve a balance between production and sales, late price resilience is greater. Affected by this, the coke prices in other regions of the country are rising and the transaction is improving. However, due to the general loss of the coke enterprises, the market mentality has not substantially improved, and the coke prices will appear slightly due to the dual effects of supply and demand balance and cost in the later period. Rebound, but still need to be cautious. The price of secondary metallurgical coke from Tangshan to taxation is between 1580-1900 yuan; the price of secondary metallurgical coke from Yanzi is between 1840-1870 yuan; the price of quasi-primary metallurgical coke from Xingtai is sent to Tangshan at 1950 yuan; Tax-included car plate 1900. The coke market in Shanxi Province has been operating stably. The mainstream price of the ex-factory price of metallurgical coke with tax is now 1,760-1800 yuan. The coke market in Henan is running smoothly. The price of the secondary metallurgical coke from large-scale coking companies in the Pingdingshan area is 1,850 yuan, and the shipment is normal.