Alona Yunda

I have been covering global steel and steelmaking raw material markets for over eight years. Started as a price reporter and then a team leader, and later switched to the research team in a senior analyst role. To enhance my analytical skills, I have enrolled in the CFA Program, passed the Level I exam and will resume studying for Level II in August 2020.

I am currently focused on strengthening my modeling skills using R and Python, as well as broadening commodity markets knowledge with base metals. I am passionate about data-driven analysis and visualization and enjoy presenting findings of my research.

In 2011 the Financial Times has speculated that iron ore is “more integral to the global economy than any other commodity, except perhaps oil”.

Career Timeline

Jun 2011
Graduated from Institute of Economics of the National Mining University of Ukraine with Master`s degree in Management of Foreign Economic Activity.
Oct 2011
Started at Metal Expert as a market observer.
Oct 2013
Started at Steel First (part of Euromoney) as a price reporter.
Jun 2015
Moved to London, UK 🇬🇧
Jun 2016
Got promoted to a team leader at Steel First.
Aug 2016
Steel First reintegrated into Metal Bulletin.
Jul 2017
Switched to the research team at Metal Bulletin as a senior analyst.
Oct 2018
Metal Bulletin rebranded to Fastmarkets.
Mar 2019
Enrolled into the CFA Programm.
Dec 2019
Passed CFA Level I exam, scored on 90th percentile.

Publications

Oil, steel, scrap
Iron ore, metallics
Coal, iron ore
Ferrous scrap
Ferrous scrap
Pig iron

Presentations

16–18 Sep 2019
Athens, Greece
International Iron Metallics Assn meeting,
“Trends in consumption of ferrous scrap versus iron metallics globally”
23–25 Jun 2019
Bali, Indonesia
Coaltrans Asia,
“A hard look at coking coal – Asian metallurgical coal market update”
5–7 Jun 2019
Lisbon, Portugal
International Iron Ore Symposium,
“China’s appetite for higher-grade material and usage of ferrous scrap”
16–17 Apr 2019
Cairo, Egypt
North African Iron & Steel conference,
“Metallics vs. scrap – achieving the right mix”, PDF
10–12 Dec 2018
Dubai, UAE
Middle East Iron & Steel conference,
“Chinese iron ore market developments and the role of higher-grade material”