Holly Futures(SZ:001236) Hong Ye Qi Huo·2025-09-25 11:52Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant information provided. 2. Core View of the Report The steel prices are oscillating with differentiation among varieties. The profitability of steel mills continues to decline, while the blast furnace operating rate and molten iron production are on the rise. The production of rebar has decreased but remains at a high level, with demand continuing to fall and the peak - season expectations unfulfilled. The terminal demand is still weak, and the rebar inventory has increased, adding to the inventory pressure. The supply and demand of hot - rolled coils have both increased, with production reaching a new high for the year, a significant increase in demand, and a slight reduction in inventory. Steel exports have decreased month - on - month but still show resilience. The market sentiment was boosted by macro factors on Friday, and the cost side still provides support. Industrial contradictions are accumulating, and attention should be paid to the changes in peak - season demand. In the short term, the steel market will operate in an oscillatory manner [5][6]. 3. Summary by Related Catalogs 3.1 Production - Molten iron production reached 2405500 tons, a week - on - week increase of 117100 tons. The blast furnace operating rate was 83.83%, a week - on - week increase of 3.43%, and the blast furnace capacity utilization rate was 90.18%, a week - on - week increase of 4.39%. The electric furnace operating rate was 71.92%, a week - on - week decrease of 1.29%, and the electric furnace capacity utilization rate was 55.26%, a week - on - week decrease of 0.48%. The profitability rate of steel mills was 60.17%, a week - on - week decrease of 0.87% [5]. - As of September 12, the production of rebar decreased by 67500 tons week - on - week. In terms of process, the long - process production decreased by 31100 tons week - on - week, and the short - process production decreased by 36400 tons week - on - week. The production of hot - rolled coils increased by 109000 tons week - on - week [35]. 3.2 Demand - Recently, high - frequency data showed that the apparent demand for rebar decreased, while that for hot - rolled coils increased. Last week, the apparent demand for rebar was 1980700 tons (- 40000), and that for hot - rolled coils was 3261600 tons (+ 208000) [5]. - As of September 12, the weekly average of building material trading volume was 103000 tons, a week - on - week increase of 6128.8 tons, with a slight increase in trading. The weekly average of hot - rolled coil trading volume was 34700 tons, a week - on - week increase of 1043 tons. The downstream cold - rolled production was 846000 tons, a week - on - week decrease of 12400 tons [44][49]. 3.3 Inventory - The total rebar inventory was 6538600 tons (+ 138600), the social inventory was 4872300 tons (+ 185700), and the steel mill inventory was 1666300 tons (- 47100). The total hot - rolled coil inventory was 3733200 tons (- 10200), the social inventory was 2924400 tons (- 19200), and the steel mill inventory was 808800 tons (+ 9000) [5]. - As of September 12, the billet inventory in Tangshan was 611000 tons, a week - on - week increase of 14200 tons. The inventory of major steel products was 10953200 tons, a week - on - week increase of 179600 tons [53]. 3.4 Basis As of September 12, the basis of the rebar main contract was 93 yuan/ton (- 4), and the basis of the hot - rolled coil main contract was 36 yuan/ton (- 4) [12]. 3.5 Raw Materials The price of quasi - first - grade metallurgical coke was 1390 yuan/ton, a week - on - week decrease of 30 yuan/ton; the price of main coking coal in Lvliang was 1401 yuan/ton, a week - on - week decrease of 9 yuan/ton; the price of 61.5% PB powder at Qingdao Port was 794 yuan/ton, a week - on - week increase of 12 yuan/ton [15]. 3.6 Other Related Data - According to customs data, steel exports in August were 9.41 million tons, a month - on - month decrease of 330000 tons; from January to August, the cumulative steel export volume was 77.49 million tons, a cumulative year - on - year increase of 10% [65]. - According to Steel Union data, automobile production in August was 2.815 million vehicles, a month - on - month increase of 223900 vehicles. New energy vehicle production in July was 1.243 million vehicles, a month - on - month decrease of 25000 vehicles [69]. - From January to August, national real estate development investment decreased by 12.9% year - on - year, with a decline rate of 0.9%. Specifically, from January to August, the new construction area of houses was 398.01 million square meters, a decrease of 19.5%, with a decline rate of 0.1%. The completed area of houses was 276.94 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 17%, with a decline rate of 0.5%. From January to August, the sales area of newly built commercial housing was 573.04 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 4.7%, with a decline rate of 0.7%. The sales volume of newly built commercial housing decreased by 7.3% year - on - year, with a decline rate of 0.8%. From January to August, the cumulative funds in place of development enterprises were 6.4 trillion yuan, a year - on - year decrease of 8%, with a decline rate of 0.5% [73].