the news that China is not building apartments on the moon did not prevent a solid rally in iron ore spot and 12 month futures overnight. Both up almost 2% (white and yellow lines):
However, as you can see, nobody actually in the Chinese steel markets seems to have gotten the AFR memo about imminent moon construction and Shanghai rebar has continued to fall. As has thermal coal, though its weakness is certainly related in some fashion to market specific issues such as rising supply. This should inject some caution into thoughts of whether or not the iron ore rally is sustainable.