宝城期货有色日报-20250724

Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Views - Copper: Today, Shanghai copper slightly increased its positions and rose, with the main contract price briefly reaching the 80,000 yuan mark at the end of the session. Macroscopically, the market showed a bullish sentiment, and non - ferrous metals as a whole were in a strong oscillation. Industrially, on Thursday, Mysteel's electrolytic copper social inventory was 121,800 tons, a decrease of 3,700 tons from Monday. Against the backdrop of continuous macro - economic improvement, copper prices are likely to maintain a strong trend [5]. - Aluminum: Today, Shanghai aluminum oscillated weakly, and its open interest continued to decline. Macroscopically, the market showed a bullish sentiment, and non - ferrous metals as a whole were in a strong oscillation, but aluminum underperformed in the sector. Industrially, on Thursday, Mysteel's electrolytic aluminum social inventory was 494,000 tons, an increase of 14,000 tons from Monday. In the short term, there are macro - level positives and industry - level negatives. Attention should be paid to the support of the 5 - day moving average [6]. - Nickel: Today, Shanghai nickel oscillated strongly, with little change in open interest, and the main contract price reached the 124,000 yuan mark. Macroscopically, the market showed a bullish sentiment, and non - ferrous metals as a whole were in a strong oscillation, and nickel outperformed in the sector. Industrially, the trading atmosphere in the downstream stainless - steel market improved, which is a short - term positive for nickel prices. Technically, nickel prices increased in positions and broke through the high point in early July, with strong upward momentum, and are expected to maintain a strong trend [7]. 3. Summaries by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Industry Dynamics - Copper: US policy changes have affected the recycling market. Trump announced a 50% tariff on copper imports starting from August 1, and China and the US jointly declared to cut reciprocal tariffs within 90 days. The new tariffs have led to more aluminum scrap being supplied to Mexican consumers. In the US, most aluminum rolling mills have sufficient recycled aluminum reserves, and the price of recycled aluminum scrap remained flat. In Canada, the flow of recycled aluminum decreased, and the factory output shrank significantly. In Thailand, many recycling and processing plants stopped operations due to stricter inspections of illegal waste dumping. On July 24, the domestic spot inventory of electrolytic copper was 121,800 tons, a decrease of 22,600 tons from the 17th and 3,700 tons from the 21st [9]. - Aluminum: On July 24, Mysteel's electrolytic aluminum social inventory was 494,000 tons, an increase of 23,000 tons from the 17th and 14,000 tons from the 21st [9]. - Nickel: On July 24, for the refined nickel Shanghai market's mainstream reference contract, the Jinchuan electrolytic nickel's mainstream premium was +1,900 yuan/ton, with a price of 125,620 yuan/ton; Russian nickel's mainstream premium was +550 yuan/ton, with a price of 124,270 yuan/ton; Norwegian nickel's mainstream premium was +3,600 yuan/ton, with a price of 127,320 yuan/ton; and nickel beans' mainstream premium was - 900 yuan/ton, with a price of 122,820 yuan/ton [10]. 3.2 Relevant Charts - Copper: Multiple charts are provided, including copper basis, copper monthly spread, domestic visible inventory of electrolytic copper, overseas copper exchange inventory, LME copper cancelled warrant ratio, and SHFE warrant inventory [11][13][14]. - Aluminum: Charts include aluminum basis, aluminum monthly spread, domestic social inventory of electrolytic aluminum, overseas exchange inventory of electrolytic aluminum, alumina trend, and alumina inventory [24][26][28]. - Nickel: Charts include nickel basis, nickel monthly spread, LME nickel trend, SHFE inventory, and nickel ore port inventory [37][41][44].