The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released on the 24th of the industrial economy in November showed that in November the domestic steel market, the overall price index rose slightly, iron ore imports rebounded, ore prices fell slightly.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, at the end of November, the comprehensive steel price index in the domestic market was 124.51, up 3.19 points from the end of last month. According to the statistics of the Iron and Steel Industry Association, the price per month for 6.5mm general-purpose and 16mm rebar at the end of the month was 4560 yuan and 4552 yuan, up 220 yuan and 251 yuan per ton at the end of last month, and 4677 yuan per ton for 10mm plate. At the end of the month, it rose 45 yuan per ton. The 0.5mm cold-rolled sheet and 0.5mm hot-rolled sheet had prices of 5,705 yuan and 4,982 yuan per ton, respectively, up 72 yuan and 25 yuan per ton at the end of last month.
The price of iron ore dropped slightly. In November, China imported 57.38 million tons of iron ore, which was a year-on-year increase of 12.4% and a month-on-month increase of 25.5%. The monthly average import price was US$145/ton, a decrease of US$2.5/ton from the previous month. From January to November, 560 million tons of iron ore was imported, a year-on-year decrease of 0.9%. On November 30, the price of Indian iron concentrate fines of 63.5% in Qingdao Port was RMB 1,210/ton, which was RMB 55/ton higher than that at the end of last month.
In addition, steel society stocks continue to decline. According to the statistics of the Iron and Steel Industry Association, the steel stocks in major cities in China at the end of November were 13.06 million tons, a decrease of 9% from the previous month. Among them, the rebar and wire stocks were 4.21 million tons and 980,000 tons, respectively, a decrease of 16.8% and 22.6% from the previous month; the inventory of medium plate and hot-rolled plates was 1.37 million tons and 5.02 million tons, respectively, a decrease of 4.3% and 2.5% from the previous month; The inventory of cold-rolled plates was 1.47 million tons, an increase of 1.8% from the previous quarter.
According to data previously released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the growth rate of China's raw material industry rose slightly in November, and the value-added of raw material industry increased by 10.6% year-on-year, which was 0.4 percentage points higher than that of the previous month. However, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also stated that from January to November, the added value of raw material industry increased by 13.2%, which was 2.6 percentage points lower than that of all industries above designated size.