huhu.. my cost also above 3.1... no bullet for averaging.. if drop samo.. then would consider to sell other shares to average this!! but of coz hope don't drop anymore..
Uncle Lim, sticking my neck long long also cant get it at 20c. Plis attack vibrantly with facts n figures and substantiate your attack with substance evidence to create greater fear in the market so as 4.5c is within sight b4 closure of year 2017.
One short cut to create fear is to dump your coke in global market to down it to rmb600 per matric ton, meanwhile, create demand for metallurgical coal to hv the equilibrium price settles above rmb600 for months, Huaan will then die standing n go for bankruptcy. U may get its shares for free then, saving your share cost of 4.5c per unit.
@Mohammad Hafiz Ramly, the criterias to look for coke prices relevant to Linyi Yehua Co. (or Huaan subsidiary) should be: 1) coke SPOT price 2) spot price in LINYI city, Shandong province (where Linyi Yehua Co. located)
2) we look for spot price in Linyi city, Shandong province because coke prices vary widely in different region of China and Linyi city commands much higher coke price than many other regions coke price in China. Hence only spot price in Linyi city would most closely reflect Linyi Yehua coke price.
The site you cited http://www.sunsirs.com/uk/prodetail-346.html is also out because though it is coke spot price, but its price is the average coke prices of various regions of China, which definitely would not closely match Linyi Yehua coke price (which would be higher).
You have to specifically look for 临沂市场冶金焦价格行情 in the list to find the daily rates specific to Linyi city (u may need someone who can read chinese to help you).
You may also check other cities/regions coke prices and you will find that many of their prices vary widely from Linyi city. That is why we must select Linyi city coke spot price.
I have checked steel52 site daily Linyi coke spot price from 3/7 to 30/9, which range from 1600 to 2250, and it produce average coke price of 1981. This is quite close to the Huaan 3Q average coke price of 2043.
I have not look into that yet. But as long as Linyi city coke spot price does not fall much much further, it is not a major concern, even though coking coal price is also important. You will know the reason why soon. Stay tune.
But first let us do a reality check. Based on 52steel site, Linyi city coke spot price ranged from 2250 (9/10) down to 1700 (17/11) (latest 6 prices were 1700). Hence the average price for 4Q until 17/11 is 1976. This is close to Huaan reported 2Q average coke price of 1968.
Based on (i) Q4 coke margin same as Q2 (ii) Q4 production increased 78% (annual from 900k ton to 1.6 mil ton) (iii) by-products higher selling price in Q3 and Q4, then Q4 earning to-date is estimated to be at least 2.5 sen !
But if we assume that for the rest of Q4, Linyi city coke spot price stay at 1700, then the picture is not so rosy as Q4 average coke price will become 1854. At this price, coke margin will be low, even negative. Even with help by the by-products higher selling price, earning will not be good.
So should this be a concern, if Linyi city coke spot price remain low at 1700 ? To me the answer is NO !! Read on for the justification.
To make sure 52steel spot price is accurate, I also used it to calculate Linyi city coke average price for Q2 (Apr, May, Jun). Surprisingly I get Q2 coke average 1774, but Huaan Q2 reported coke average is 1968, difference of almost 200 !!
It was really puzzling why Huaan Q2 coke average of 1968 was so much higher than Linyi city coke average price of 1774 (based on 52steel). Even if Linyi Yehua could sell coke at higher price than other Linyi coke producer, it can't be different as much as 200 !
Initially it had caused me to doubt the accuracy of 52steel data until one day I found the answer to the puzzle, and it is simply that Huaan HEDGE coke price at the coke futures !!
Huaan could have on early April 2017 sold coke May 2017 future contract (J1705) at 2000 and later bought back at 1850, hence made a profit of 150 per ton in the futures market. (http://finance.sina.com.cn/futures/quotes/J1705.shtml <-- you need to select the 日K button to see the chart) So by adding the profit earn in the future market of 150 per ton to the actual spot average of 1774, then Huaan effective coke average price is 1924, which is quite close to Huaan 2Q reported average. That was how Huaan Q2 reported average beat the Q2 spot average !!
As Huaan hedge in the futures, here come the BEAUTY part. Knowing that coke spot rate will be depressed in Q4'17 and Q1'18 due to winter production control, Huaan most likely would have also hedged (sell) coke at high price in the futures and later bought back at lower price to earn the price difference. Possible contracts are J1710, J1711, J1712, J1801 where futures prices exceed 2000.
Let us assume Huaan again make 150 per ton in the coke future in Q4. If we use the example above whereby Linyi city coke spot price remain at 1700 for the rest of Q4, which resulted in poor Q4 coke average of 1874, BUT by adding the profit earn from the coke futures of 150 per ton, Huaan Q4 effective coke average is 2024, which is about same as Q3 coke average. Then Q4 profit = 6 sen (i.e. 3 for Q3 profit + 0.78 x 3 for 78% vol increase + 0.7 for higher by-product selling price) !!
It may sound unbelievable, but TECHNICALLY it is ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE !
If Huaan sold the heavily traded coke future contract J1801 in sept at 2300 and recently buy back at 1800, then Huaan would have make profit of 500 per ton, add that to Q4 coke spot average, then Huaan Q4 effective coke average will be very impressive !
Coke price may drop cause of winter, lower iron production.. but it able to support base on China green policy to cut down coke production... Actually it not that bad..
But you need to know Metal production LOW , Coke production also LOW , then the price of coke won't affect much ..
But when coke production LOW ,but coal production MAINTAIN.. mean coal price will definitely drop.. more profit to HUANN.
It also depends China government able to run their policy effectively anot.. now China start take it seriously..So you can c coke price start have small rebound...
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