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铝周报:多空兼备,铝价延续震荡-20250818
Tong Guan Jin Yuan Qi Huo·2025-08-18 02:52
  1. Report Industry Investment Rating - No relevant content provided 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - The uncertainty and consistent expectations in the macro - environment remain weak, and market sentiment is easily swayed by changes in interest - rate hike expectations. The economic downturn risk caused by tariffs may also dominate the market at any time, with the long and short sentiments expected to switch back and forth, and the macro - impact volatility remaining large. On the fundamental side, the supply is basically stable, the consumption end is at the transition point between peak and off - peak seasons, the bearish expectations for future consumption are weakening, and the accumulation of social inventory is slowing down. Overall, the market has both long and short factors, and aluminum prices are expected to continue to fluctuate [3][8] 3. Summary by Directory 3.1 Transaction Data - The price of LME Aluminum 3 - month decreased by 12.0 yuan/ton from 2615 on August 8, 2025, to 2603 on August 15, 2025. The SHFE Aluminum Continuous Three increased by 95.0 dollars/ton from 20610 to 20705 during the same period. The Shanghai - London aluminum ratio rose by 0.1 to 8.0. The LME spot premium increased by 4.1 dollars/ton to 1.79. The LME aluminum inventory increased by 8975.0 tons to 479550 tons. The SHFE aluminum warehouse - receipt inventory increased by 21592.0 tons. The spot average price rose by 104.0 yuan/ton, and the spot premium increased by 50.0 yuan/ton. The South Reserve spot average price increased by 56.0 yuan/ton, and the Shanghai - Guangdong price difference increased by 48.0 yuan/ton. The electrolytic aluminum theoretical average cost decreased by 5.8 yuan/ton, while the electrolytic aluminum weekly average profit increased by 109.8 yuan/ton [4] 3.2 Market Review - The weekly average price of the spot market was 20694 yuan/ton, up 104 yuan/ton from last week; the South Reserve spot weekly average price was 20652 yuan/ton, up 56 yuan/ton from last week. In the macro - aspect, the Sino - US trade negotiation made progress, and the market's expectation of the Fed's interest - rate cut first increased and then decreased. In China, the social financing scale and RMB loans increased in the first seven months of this year. The growth rate of industrial added value in July was 5.7%, and the service industry production index was 5.8%. The consumption and investment growth rates on the demand side declined. The year - on - year growth rate of social retail sales in July was 3.7%. The export year - on - year growth rate was 7.2%. On the consumption side, the operating rate of the domestic downstream aluminum processing industry increased by 0.8 percentage points to 59.5%. In terms of inventory, the electrolytic aluminum ingot inventory was 58.8 tons, up 2.4 tons from last Thursday, and the aluminum rod inventory was 13.85 tons, down 0.5 tons from last Thursday [5][6][7] 3.3 Market Outlook - The macro - environment has high uncertainty, and market sentiment is easily affected by interest - rate hike expectations. The economic downturn risk caused by tariffs may also dominate the market. On the fundamental side, the supply is stable, the consumption end is at the transition between peak and off - peak seasons, the bearish expectations for future consumption are weakening, and the accumulation of social inventory is slowing down. Overall, the market has both long and short factors, and aluminum prices are expected to continue to fluctuate [8] 3.4 Industry News - Century Aluminum will restart about 57,000 tons of idle capacity at its Mt. Holly smelter in South Carolina, with an investment of about 50 million dollars, aiming to increase the local aluminum production in the US by nearly 10%. The plant is expected to reach full production by June 30, 2026, with an annual primary aluminum output of about 730,000 tons. Henan Wanjji Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. will transfer 580,000 tons of production capacity to Xinjiang, with a planned production start in December 2027. Mozambique's Mozal aluminum plant faces the risk of shutdown due to power issues, and the company is communicating to ensure power supply after March 2026 [9] 3.5 Related Charts - The report provides charts on the price trends of LME Aluminum 3 - month and SHFE Aluminum Continuous Three, the Shanghai - London aluminum ratio, LME aluminum premium, Shanghai aluminum inter - period spread, Shanghai - Guangdong price difference, spot premium seasonality, domestic and imported alumina prices, electrolytic aluminum cost - profit, electrolytic aluminum inventory seasonality, and aluminum rod inventory seasonality [10][11][14][15][16]