Iron ore slumps to three-week low on weak China demand, strong global supply
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By Gabrielle Ng
SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) -Iron ore futures prices slumped to a nearly three-week low on Wednesday, undermined by weak seasonal demand from top consumer China and mounting global supply.
The most-traded September iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 ended daytime trade nearly 2.7% lower at 805 yuan ($110.78) a metric ton, the lowest since June 26.
The benchmark August iron ore SZZFQ4 on the Singapore Exchange was down 2.34% at $104.85 a ton, as of 0740 GMT. It hit an intraday low at $104.3 a ton, the lowest since June 28.
The fall in iron ore futures comes amid concerns of weak demand in China just as supply increases, ANZ analysts said in a note.
Property investment in China fell 10.1% in the first half of 2024 from a year earlier, and home sales by floor area declined 19%, official data showed.
Extreme storms that battered China's southern region this summer are now shifting to the central and northern provinces.
Steel mills are maintaining low iron ore inventory with low purchasing enthusiasm, said Chinese consultancy Steelhome.
China's June crude iron ore output was up 9.9% year-on-year at 96.62 million tons, data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday.
BHP Group BHP.AX, the world's largest listed miner, reported record annual iron ore production for a second consecutive year, helped by improved weather conditions and higher contribution from its South Flank operations in Western Australia.
Brazilian miner Vale SA VALE3.SA expressed confidence that it would reach the high-end of its 2024 guidance for iron ore production after output increased in the second quarter.
The company said production of the steel-making ingredient in the June quarter rose 2.4% from a year earlier to 80.6 million tons.
Other steelmaking ingredients on the DCE lost ground, with coking coal DJMcv1 and coke DCJcv1 down about 1% and 2.1%, respectively.
Steel benchmarks on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell. Rebar SRBcv1 and wire rod SWRcv1 shed about 1.5%, hot-rolled coil SHHCcv1 dropped 1.64%, and stainless steel SHSScv1 ticked down 0.83%.
($1 = 7.2666 Chinese yuan)
Reporting by Gabrielle Ng; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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