铁矿石：碳元素引领跌势，矿石价格相对强势

Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the given content Core Viewpoint of the Report - Short - term domestic macro - policies are in a complete vacuum, with weak expectations for domestic incremental policies. The recent decline in carbon element prices has led to the collapse of cost support for finished products, and the overall valuation of the black series has decreased, dragging down the iron ore price. Iron ore trading is currently focused on the strong reality. Although demand has basically peaked, the decline slope is gentle, and the supply is continuously increasing but may still show a year - on - year decrease. It is expected that iron ore will remain relatively strong in the short term but will still be affected by the sector [3][4] Summary According to Relevant Catalogs Market Situation - Recently, iron ore has shown relatively strong performance. While rebar and hot - rolled coils have retraced the rebound caused by the easing of Sino - US tariffs, finished products and coking coal have fallen to new lows. The price reduction of carbon elements has prevented a significant compression of blast furnace steel mill profits due to price drops. Under the strong pressure of Sino - US tariffs, domestic exporters have rushed to export to the US to offset the decline in domestic demand. The 90 - day suspension of 24% reciprocal tariffs has intensified the rush - to - export behavior, and the market has revised its expectations of export decline. Iron ore is currently in a situation of high demand, high discount, and inventory depletion, resulting in relatively strong price performance [3] Supply - The current shipment of foreign iron ore has decreased compared to the previous period. Australian shipments have increased while Brazilian shipments have decreased, and the non - mainstream shipments have declined after a pulse. The overall year - on - year decline in foreign ore shipments is narrowing. June is the peak season for foreign ore shipments, and major mines are expected to maintain a steady increase in shipments, with the marginal support from the supply side weakening [3] Demand - Domestic demand is generally at a high level compared to the same period in history. Pig iron production has declined for two consecutive weeks, with the current level at 243.6 (-1.17) thousand tons, and the decline has widened. Although short - term demand has peaked, the current profitability rate of steel mills is relatively high, and the export outlook has been revised upwards. It is expected that pig iron production will decline from a high level but with a gentle slope, and the short - term impact on prices will be small [4] Inventory - The current domestic demand level is still relatively high. It is expected that the port inventory level will remain relatively stable or tend to decline in early June. However, overall, the inventory is at a high level, and the phased de - stocking at a high inventory level cannot provide upward momentum [4]