Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - No information provided Group 2: Core Views of the Report - Last week, the Fed kept the June interest rate unchanged. The dot - plot after the meeting showed that there might be two more rate cuts in 2025, but Powell's speech was hawkish, and the market's expectation of rapid rate cuts was dashed. The Israel - Iran conflict continued to escalate, and the geopolitical situation led to a decline in market risk appetite. In China, the May consumption data maintained high growth, but its sustainability was questionable, and investment and export data were under pressure. The economy still needed policy support. Fundamentally, the situation of high molten aluminum and low ingot casting remained unchanged, and the supply of goods in the spot market was still limited. The inventory of electrolytic aluminum ingots continued to decline to 449,000 tons, a decrease of 11,000 tons from last Thursday; the inventory of aluminum rods was 134,500 tons, an increase of 7,000 tons from last Thursday. On the consumption side, the rapid rise of aluminum prices was of questionable sustainability, and downstream consumers were obviously hesitant to make purchases due to high prices. According to SMM, the operating rate of downstream aluminum processing decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 59.8% last week [3][8]. - The continuous escalation of the Israel - Iran conflict and Iran's claim to block the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend have increased market risk aversion, but it is also expected to increase the transportation cost of bauxite. Trump's trade policy still has great uncertainty, and the negative impact of the tariff war on the economic fundamentals is still emerging, so there are certain macro - concerns. Fundamentally, according to the three - party research platform, the proportion of molten aluminum in China still increased slightly in June, so the ingot casting volume continued to decline. The limited supply and short - term low inventory are expected to continue, which will support the B - structure of the SHFE aluminum futures market and boost the unilateral price preference. However, high aluminum prices and the seasonal off - peak consumption season limit consumption, and the upward space for aluminum prices is restricted [3][8]. Group 3: Summary by Directory 1. Transaction Data - The price of LME aluminum for 3 months increased from 2,503 yuan/ton on June 13, 2025, to 2,561.5 yuan/ton on June 20, 2025, an increase of 58.5 yuan/ton. The price of SHFE aluminum continuous third contract increased from 20,060 dollars/ton to 20,170 dollars/ton, an increase of 110 dollars/ton. The Shanghai - London aluminum ratio decreased from 8.0 to 7.9. The LME spot premium increased from - 0.42 dollars/ton to 11.16 dollars/ton. The LME aluminum inventory decreased from 353,225 tons to 342,850 tons. The SHFE aluminum warehouse receipt inventory increased from 46,193 tons to 51,129 tons. The weekly average price of Yangtze River spot aluminum increased from 20,422 yuan/ton to 20,726 yuan/ton. The spot premium increased from - 230 yuan/ton to 180 yuan/ton. The weekly average price of Southern Reserve spot aluminum increased from 20,262 yuan/ton to 20,570 yuan/ton. The Shanghai - Guangdong price difference decreased from 160 yuan/ton to 156 yuan/ton. The social inventory of aluminum ingots decreased from 46 tons to 44.9 tons. The theoretical average cost of electrolytic aluminum decreased from 16,965.29 yuan/ton to 16,833.67 yuan/ton. The weekly average profit of electrolytic aluminum increased from 3,456.71 yuan/ton to 3,892.34 yuan/ton [4]. 2. Market Review - The weekly average price of Yangtze River spot aluminum was 20,726 yuan/ton, an increase of 304 yuan/ton from last week; the weekly average price of Southern Reserve spot aluminum was 20,570 yuan/ton, an increase of 308 yuan/ton from last week [5]. - The Fed announced its June interest rate decision, keeping the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25% - 4.50%, which was in line with market expectations. The Fed said that the uncertainty about the outlook had decreased but was still at a high level. It lowered the 2025 GDP forecast to 1.4% and raised the inflation forecast to 3%. The Fed's dot - plot showed that it was expected to cut interest rates twice by a total of 50 basis points in 2025, consistent with the March expectation, but only 25 basis points in 2026, compared with the previous forecast of 50 basis points. Fed Chairman Powell said it was appropriate to maintain the current interest rate level. US retail sales in May decreased by 0.9% month - on - month, the largest decline since the beginning of this year. US industrial output in May decreased by 0.2% month - on - month, the second decline in three months. US new housing starts in May decreased by 9.8% month - on - month to 1.256 million units, and building permits decreased slightly to 1.393 million units, both hitting five - year lows. US President Trump approved an attack plan against Iran but did not issue a final order for the time being to see if Iran would abandon its nuclear program. Iran launched a new round of missile attacks against Israel. The EU is trying to reach a trade agreement with the US similar to the one between the UK and the US to resolve some tariff issues and avoid immediate counter - measures against the US. The Swiss National Bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 0%, one step away from returning to the previous negative interest rate state. The Norwegian Central Bank announced a 25 - basis - point interest rate cut to 4.25%, the first interest rate adjustment since the pandemic [6]. - On the consumption side, according to SMM, the operating rate of the domestic downstream aluminum processing industry decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 59.8% month - on - month. The downstream aluminum processing sector as a whole entered the off - season, but the operating rates of the aluminum cable and primary aluminum alloy sectors still showed some resilience. It is expected that the weekly operating rate of downstream aluminum processing may decrease slightly by 0.4 percentage points next week. In terms of inventory, according to SMM, on June 19, the inventory of electrolytic aluminum ingots was 449,000 tons, a decrease of 11,000 tons from last Thursday; the inventory of aluminum rods was 134,500 tons, an increase of 7,000 tons from last Thursday [7]. 3. Market Outlook - Similar to the core views, the Israel - Iran conflict and macro - economic factors, along with fundamental supply and demand conditions, are considered. The short - term low inventory is expected to continue, supporting the B - structure of the SHFE aluminum futures market and boosting the unilateral price preference, but high prices and the off - peak consumption season limit the upward space for aluminum prices [8]. 4. Industry News - According to customs data, in May 2025, China's primary aluminum imports were about 223,200 tons, a month - on - month decrease of 10.9% and a year - on - year increase of 41.4%. From January to May, the cumulative primary aluminum imports were about 1.0575 million tons, a year - on - year decrease of 3.7%. In May 2025, China's net primary aluminum imports were 190,700 tons, a month - on - month decrease of 19.5% and a year - on - year increase of 26.3%. From January to May, the cumulative net primary aluminum imports were about 990,500 tons, a year - on - year decrease of 8.0% [9]. - According to IAI data, in the first four months of 2025, the primary aluminum production in Europe (including Russia) increased by 2.2% year - on - year, from 2.26 million tons to 2.31 million tons. This was due to continuous growth in almost every month except February. The production in February this year was 537,000 tons, compared with 540,000 tons in February 2024. The production growth rate in April this year was significantly higher than the same period last year, which was the key to the overall growth. Among them, the production in January increased by 3.3% year - on - year to 597,000 tons, compared with a moderate growth rate of 0.7% in the same period in 2024; the year - on - year growth rate in March was 2.9%, compared with 0.9% in March 2024; the year - on - year growth in April was 3%, exceeding the 1.45% growth rate in April 2024 [9]. 5. Related Charts - The report provides 10 charts, including the price trends of LME aluminum 3 - SHFE aluminum continuous third contract, the Shanghai - London aluminum ratio, LME aluminum premium (0 - 3), SHFE aluminum current - first spread, Shanghai - Guangdong price difference, seasonal spot premium of physical trade, domestic and imported alumina prices, electrolytic aluminum cost - profit, seasonal changes in electrolytic aluminum inventory, and seasonal changes in aluminum rod inventory [10][11][17][18]
铝周报：继续关注库存动向，铝价保持偏好-20250623
Tong Guan Jin Yuan Qi Huo·2025-06-23 02:12