黑色建材周报：补库需求回暖，价格偏强震荡-20251019

Report Summary 1. Investment Ratings - Coking coal: Oscillation [3] - Coke: Oscillation [3] - Cross - variety: None [3] - Spot - futures: None [3] - Options: None [3] 2. Core Views - In the coking coal market, influenced by the continuous price increase of coal, the short - term replenishment demand from downstream and mid - stream has increased. Meanwhile, safety inspections in the northern regions have become stricter, leading to a price rebound. After the thermal coal price stabilizes, opportunities for shorting coking coal should be monitored [2]. - In the coke market, affected by the rising price of thermal coal, the price of raw coal has increased, and the enthusiasm for replenishment from mid - and downstream has grown. However, as steel mill profits have shrunk significantly, steel mills are strongly resistant, intensifying the game between coking plants and steel mills. The price of coke is oscillating widely, with an upper limit due to the expected steel mill production cuts and a lower limit supported by the rising coal prices [2]. 3. Summary by Directory Price and Spread - As of the close this Friday, the coke 2601 contract closed at 1,676 yuan/ton, a 0.57% increase from last week. The coking coal 2601 contract closed at 1,179 yuan/ton, a 1.55% increase from last week. Affected by factors such as the post - National Day demand recovery, prices are oscillating strongly [1][5]. Supply - This week, the daily average coke production of independent coking enterprises in the Mysteel sample was 521,800 tons, a decrease of 6,800 tons from last week. The capacity utilization rate was 73.99%, a 0.96% decrease from last week [1][25]. Demand - According to Mysteel's research, the blast furnace operating rate of 247 steel mills was 84.27%, unchanged from last week and 2.59 percentage points higher than last year. The blast furnace iron - making capacity utilization rate was 90.33%, a 0.22 - percentage - point decrease from last week but 2.34 percentage points higher than last year. The steel mill profitability rate was 55.41%, a 0.87 - percentage - point decrease from last week and 19.05 percentage points lower than last year. The daily average pig iron output was 240,950 tons, a decrease of 590 tons from last week but an increase of 6,590 tons compared to last year [1][33]. Inventory - The coke inventory of 247 steel mills was 595,080 tons, a decrease of 3,290 tons from last week. The coking coal inventory of 247 steel mills was 751,870 tons, a decrease of 14,580 tons from last week. Independent coking enterprises had a slight inventory reduction; the total coking coal inventory of the full - sample independent coking enterprises was 829,780 tons, a decrease of 17,210 tons from last week [1][34].