氧化铝周报-20250731

Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided Core Viewpoints of the Report - This week (July 21 - July 25, 2025), alumina futures showed a significant upward trend, and the alumina market continued its strong pattern with increased market activity. The active trading in the spot market drove up the alumina price substantially [2]. - In the short - term, alumina will fluctuate, and capital games will intensify. It is easy to be affected by the decline of market sentiment and inventory increase, leading to sharp drops. However, considering the increased supply and ore - end interference factors compared to the first half of the year and the "anti - involution" and "stable growth" policies as the main themes in the second half of the year, a relatively strong outlook is maintained [19]. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 1. Market Overview and Market Review 1.1 Overall Market Performance - This week (July 21 - July 25, 2025), the main alumina contract rose following the macro - sentiment of the commodity market. The daily line was above the moving average, and the weekly line was among the moving averages. The alumina 2509 contract closed at 3,428 yuan/ton, a week - on - week increase of 1.27%. The trading volume was 910,000 lots, and the open interest was 190,000 lots [2]. 2. Analysis of Influencing Factors 2.1 This Week's Fundamental Data Tracking and Interpretation - Macro: Domestically, the trading focus is on "anti - involution + stable growth". The reversal of macro - sentiment, combined with term - positive arbitrage to lock in inventories and downstream speculative restocking, forms a typical characteristic of speculating on expectations during the off - season. The medium - term sustainability of the market depends on whether the expectations can be realized, specifically the actual implementation of "anti - involution + stable growth" policies in China and whether the strong overseas macro - reality can continue [6]. - Commodity Logic: Currently, the commodity sentiment is cooling in the short - term. The current position can be regarded as a policy bottom, and the market bottom requires more clues of macro and fundamental improvement. Domestically, it focuses on whether M1 and social financing continue to rise and the decline rate of manufacturing investment growth. Overseas, it focuses on whether container shipments and US consumption data weaken after August 1st and the degree of the weakening. August - September is a transition period from the policy bottom to the market bottom, and major asset classes, including commodities, may show a pattern of intra - commodity differentiation and mainly fluctuate [9]. - Fundamentals: - The political power in Guinea is becoming more volatile, and the bauxite mining rights may be used as a means of political game and tax increase. Attention should be paid to the risks brought by black - swan events in the ore end in the second half of the year [9]. - The current supply in the spot market is tight, and the spot transaction price is still rising. The spot price is at a premium mainly due to factors such as the previous supply of long - term contracts, partial over - sales, and recent maintenance of alumina plants in some regions. The available spot in the market is still relatively limited. Calculated based on the Australian FOB price of $380 on July 25, the current theoretical import price of alumina is about 3,350 yuan [9][10]. - On Friday, the alumina warehouse receipts increased slightly but remained at a low level. The alumina warehouse receipts increased by 2,109 tons to 9,031 tons, showing a slight selling pressure. However, it is necessary to track whether the increase continues. The total warehouse receipts are still at a very low level. It is expected that about 50,000 tons of warehouse receipts may be gradually formed in Xinjiang by the end of July or early August. The inventory in alumina plants is still low, the profit of electrolytic aluminum is good, and the willingness to support the price in the spot market is strong. In addition, alumina spot sales are mainly long - term contracts, so the available supply for the futures market may be limited [13]. - The market sentiment changes rapidly, and "anti - involution + stable growth" remains the main theme. On Friday night, the exchange's position limit led to the decline of market sentiment. A series of varieties led by coking coal dropped from the daily limit to near the daily limit. Alumina was affected by the sentiment decline and the increase in futures inventory, and its premium was reversed, resulting in a sharp drop. The short - term market sentiment changes greatly, and risk control should be noted [14]. - The operating capacity of alumina is still rising, and the inventory in alumina plants has increased slightly. The operating capacity of alumina is 94.95 million tons, an increase of 1.1 million tons compared with last week. The operating capacity of electrolytic aluminum is about 44.2 million tons, still in an oversupply stage. The total alumina inventory is increasing (the latest weekly inventory is 4.047 million tons, an increase of 58,000 tons), but the inventory increase mainly occurs in the raw material inventory of electrolytic aluminum plants and the in - transit link. The inventory in alumina plants increased by 10,000 tons to 60,000 tons, still at a low level. In terms of imports, about 100,000 tons of imported alumina is expected to enter the domestic market in August, mainly from Indonesia, and the ports of arrival are concentrated in Liaoning and Guangxi [16]. 3. Conclusion and Outlook - Alumina will fluctuate in the short - term, and capital games will intensify. Attention should be paid to risk control. On Friday night, the exchange's position limit led to the decline of market sentiment, and alumina was prone to sharp drops due to the decline of market sentiment and inventory increase. In the future, supply and ore - end interference factors will increase compared to the first half of the year, and the "anti - involution" and "stable growth" policies will remain the main themes in the second half of the year, so a relatively strong outlook should be maintained [19].