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Iron Ore Below $100 As UBS Warns "Fundamentals Are Deteriorating"
Iron Ore Below $100 As UBS Warns "Fundamentals Are Deteriorating"
Iron ore futures in Singapore fell to their lowest intraday level in one year as deteriorating fundamentals continued to weigh on the market.
Steel demand in China remains soft amid an ongoing construction slump and weakening mill margins, while supply continues to increase, reinforcing expectations of a growing surplus.
Bloomberg noted earlier that the latest concerns surrounding major physical trader Radiant World added another layer of uncertainty, but the bigger bearish narrative remains centered on lackluster demand failing to absorb rising...
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US Sends Dozens More Refueling Planes To Israel Amid Widening Iran War, Oil Climbs
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Apr 22, 2026 / Tyler Durden
A New Iran (Military?) Base Case
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Our central assumption for the Iran war had been that by end the third week of April at latest, the Iranian regime faction willing to make a deal in line with Trump’s tweets would have asserted itself over those who won’t, Hormuz would slowly reopen, and energy markets gradually normalise.
As neither the Iranian nor US negotiating teams traveled to Pakistan for the second round of peace talks yesterday, that cannot happen. Our new geopolitical base case is of an extended...
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