有色商品日报-20251119

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Views of the Report - Copper: Overnight, both domestic and international copper prices oscillated weakly, with the spot import of refined copper in China remaining at a loss. The market's concern about liquidity persists, and macro factors are unlikely to form an upward driving force. The overall global visible inventory is still in an accumulation trend, close to recent high levels, and the peak - season demand in China has not been effectively realized. High copper prices have shown a restraining effect on terminal copper consumption. Without sudden events, copper volatility may remain at a low level, and copper prices will exhibit a high - level oscillating market [1]. - Aluminum: Overnight, alumina, Shanghai aluminum, and aluminum alloy all oscillated weakly. The alumina market has a narrow - range recovery. With the improvement of the macro - sentiment, the market has broken through the 22,000 - yuan mark. However, due to environmental protection restrictions in the north and the suppressing effect of high prices on demand, the reduction of aluminum ingots is blocked, and the proportion of molten aluminum continues to decline. Aluminum prices continue to be strong but face resistance in rising. Aluminum alloy has more upward momentum, and the price difference between refined and scrap aluminum is expected to narrow [1][2]. - Nickel: Overnight, LME nickel and Shanghai nickel both fell by 0.2%. The inventory pressure of primary nickel is becoming more apparent, and the LME inventory remains at 250,000 tons with poor digestion, exerting significant pressure on the market. Nickel prices are still in a weak operation, but be vigilant against macro disturbances and overseas industrial policy adjustments [2]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Research Views - Copper: In terms of macro, the number of initial jobless claims in the US for the week ending October 18 was 232,000, and the number of continued jobless claims was 1957,000, slightly up from the previous week. Fundamentally, the acceptance of downstream users has increased, and demand is slowly recovering. In terms of inventory, LME, Comex, and SHFE copper inventories increased, while BC copper warehouse receipts decreased. Overall, the global visible inventory is in an accumulation trend, and high copper prices restrain terminal consumption, which may restrict the upward movement of copper prices in the future [1]. - Aluminum: Overnight, alumina, Shanghai aluminum, and aluminum alloy all oscillated weakly. The mining area in Guinea has a high复产 difficulty, and the expectation of production reduction during the northern heating season remains to be fulfilled. The macro - sentiment is warming up, but high prices suppress demand, and the reduction of aluminum ingots is blocked. Aluminum alloy has more upward momentum due to the tight supply of scrap aluminum and the rush - to - buy stage of new - energy vehicle purchase tax [1][2]. - Nickel: Overnight, LME nickel and Shanghai nickel fell. LME inventory increased, and SHFE warehouse receipts decreased. The benchmark price of nickel ore slightly declined, the price of nickel - iron decreased, and the stainless - steel inventory increased. In the new - energy industry chain, the raw material supply is tight, but the production of ternary precursors in November decreased month - on - month. The inventory pressure of primary nickel is significant, and nickel prices are weakly operating [2]. 3.2 Daily Data Monitoring - Copper: On November 18, 2025, compared with November 17, the price of flat - water copper decreased by 495 yuan/ton, and the premium decreased by 35 yuan/ton. The price of scrap copper decreased by 200 yuan/ton, and the refined - scrap price difference decreased by 356 yuan/ton. The prices of downstream products such as oxygen - free copper rods and low - oxygen copper rods also decreased. In terms of inventory, LME and Comex inventories increased, and the social inventory increased by 0.3 million tons [3]. - Lead: The average price of 1 lead decreased by 170 yuan/ton, and the premium of 1 lead ingots in East China increased by 40 yuan/ton. The prices of lead concentrate and recycled lead decreased. The inventory in the LME remained unchanged, and the inventory in the SHFE increased by 4208 tons [3]. - Aluminum: On November 18, 2025, compared with November 17, the prices of aluminum in Wuxi and Nanhai decreased, and the spot premium decreased by 30 yuan/ton. The prices of raw materials such as bauxite and alumina remained stable, and the processing fees of some downstream products increased. The inventory in the LME remained unchanged, the inventory in the SHFE increased by 1564 tons, and the social inventory of electrolytic aluminum increased by 2.5 million tons [4]. - Nickel: The price of Jinchuan nickel decreased by 1775 yuan/ton, and the price differences between Jinchuan nickel - Wuxi and 1 imported nickel - Wuxi increased. The prices of nickel ore and some nickel - iron products remained stable, and the prices of stainless - steel products decreased slightly. The inventory in the LME remained unchanged, the inventory in the SHFE increased by 3386 tons, and the social inventory increased by 3981 tons [4]. - Zinc: The main settlement price decreased by 0.4%, and the prices of SMM 0 and 1 spot zinc decreased by 80 yuan/ton. The TC remained unchanged. The inventory in the SHFE increased by 793 tons, the inventory in the LME remained unchanged, and the social inventory increased by 0.13 million tons [6]. - Tin: The main settlement price remained unchanged, and the LmeS3 price decreased by 2.1%. The prices of SMM spot tin and tin concentrate decreased. The inventory in the SHFE increased by 266 tons, and the inventory in the LME remained unchanged [6]. 3.3 Chart Analysis - Spot Premium: Charts show the spot premiums of copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, lead, and tin from 2019 - 2025 [8][10][11]. - SHFE Near - Far Month Spread: Charts present the near - far month spreads of copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, lead, and tin from 2020 - 2025 [15][18][19]. - LME Inventory: Charts display the LME inventories of copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, lead, and tin from 2019 - 2025 [22][24][26]. - SHFE Inventory: Charts show the SHFE inventories of copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, lead, and tin from 2019 - 2025 [28][30][32]. - Social Inventory: Charts present the social inventories of copper (including bonded areas), aluminum, nickel, zinc, stainless steel, and 300 - series from 2019 - 2025 [34][36][38]. - Smelting Profit: Charts display the copper concentrate index, rough copper processing fee, aluminum smelting profit, nickel - iron smelting cost, zinc smelting profit, and stainless - steel 304 smelting profit margin from 2019 - 2025 [41][43][45]. 3.4 Team Introduction - The research team includes Zhan Dapeng, a senior researcher with over a decade of experience in commodity research, who has won multiple industry awards; Wang Heng, a researcher focusing on aluminum and silicon; and Zhu Xi, a researcher focusing on lithium and nickel [48][49].