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格林大华期货碳酸锂价格上行报告:储能需求激增,碳酸锂价格上行
Ge Lin Qi Huo·2025-10-24 08:58

Global Economic Outlook - Goldman Sachs expects a more sustained upward trend in Chinese stocks in the future, and the structural shift of Chinese capital into stocks may have begun. The willingness of Chinese market entities to settle foreign exchange has significantly increased. Traders are increasing bets that the Fed will implement at least one 50 - basis - point interest rate cut in its meeting later this month or in December [4] - Although AI infrastructure investment has reached a record high in nominal terms, compared with historical technology cycles, it is not exaggerated. Currently, US AI investment accounts for less than 1% of GDP [4] - Meta has joined hands with private - equity giant Blue Owl to raise $27 billion through the issuance of private bonds to build data centers. DeepSeek has launched a revolutionary OCR model to solve the computing power problem of AI in processing long documents [4] - An executive at Apollo Global Management warns that there is a huge gap between the huge energy demand of artificial intelligence and the current global power supply, and this gap may not be filled in our lifetime [4] - Due to the continuous wrong policies of the US, the global economy is entering the top - region [5] - After the US imposed reciprocal tariffs on various countries, the competitiveness of Chinese goods has increased, and the US imports from China in August increased by nearly 40% month - on - month [6] - The US Market manufacturing PMI in September was 52.0, continuing to expand [9] - In August, the US manufacturing unfilled orders were at a record high, with a year - on - year increase of 7.1%, indicating high business sentiment [12] - The US capital goods import amount in August was $91.9 billion, still at a high level, and the year - on - year growth rate was 10.5%, indicating that the US manufacturing industry is accelerating its return and the US "re - industrialization" is speeding up [15] - The US wholesalers' sales in August were $711.3 billion, a record high, with a year - on - year increase of 6.2%, indicating strong US consumption [18] - The total retail and food sales in the US in August increased by 0.6% month - on - month, exceeding expectations, showing strong US consumption [21] - The eurozone's manufacturing PMI slightly contracted in September, while the service - sector PMI accelerated its expansion [24] - India's manufacturing and service - sector PMIs continued to expand in September, and India's manufacturing and service industries have maintained expansion for more than three years [26] - The upward trend of Japan's long - term government bond yields has not changed [29] Asset Allocation - The Fed is expected to continue cutting interest rates in October [31] - Wait for the Sino - US agreement at the end of the month in the context of Sino - US game [32] - The market's defensive state has not ended, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange 50 Index, representing the value style, has reached a new high. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee's communiqué emphasizes seizing the high - ground of scientific and technological development, and the technology sector has become active again. Policies are favorable to semiconductor equipment ETFs and science and technology innovation chip ETFs [33] - AI infrastructure drives a rapid increase in power demand, leading to a stronger copper price [34][47] - The container shipping European line 2512 contract has entered the seasonal peak season [35][50] - Awaited for the clarity of the Sino - US agreement at the end of the month, the CSI 300 Index is both offensive and defensive, and the stock - index allocation is mainly long positions in CSI 300 stock - index futures [39] Lithium Carbonate Market - The growth rate of lithium carbonate demand is much higher than the production growth rate. In October 2025, the planned production of power + energy - storage + consumer batteries in the Chinese market was 186 GWh, a month - on - month increase of 22.4% and a year - on - year increase of 45.3%. The planned production of lithium - battery A was 61.3 GWh, lithium - battery B was 30.9 GWh, and lithium - battery C was 13 GWh. The planned production of energy - storage cells accounted for about 40.3%, and the planned production of ternary cells accounted for about 15%. The average operating rate of the lithium - battery industry was close to 90%, and the production lines of leading enterprises were operating at full capacity [41] - In October 2025, the total production of power + energy - storage + consumer batteries in the global market was about 205 GWh, a month - on - month increase of 25.8%. Currently, the increased production of domestic spodumene and salt - lake lithium mines offsets the reduction in lithium - mine production, but the total supply has not increased, while the demand has increased significantly, resulting in nine consecutive weeks of inventory reduction, which will continue in the future [42] - PwC reports that in 2026, thanks to the explosive growth of energy - storage and the continuous growth of power batteries, the total demand for lithium carbonate will reach 2.05 million tons of LCE, a year - on - year increase of 35% compared with 1.55 million tons in 2025 [42] - The expansion of lithium carbonate production capacity is expected to slow down significantly in 2026, with an expected growth of only about 10%, and the new supply will be difficult to match the continuously high - speed growth in demand [43] - The surge in energy - storage demand, with the demand growth rate of lithium carbonate far exceeding the production growth rate, has pushed up the price of lithium carbonate [44]