沪铜日报：震荡上行-20251225

Report Summary 1) Report Industry Investment Rating The report does not mention the industry investment rating. 2) Core View of the Report Today, Shanghai Copper opened high and closed low but rose during the day. The potential strike at Capstone Copper's Mantoverde copper - gold mine in Chile and the zero long - term pricing of mining processing fees last week boosted market sentiment, leading to a continuous increase in copper prices. SMM data shows increased copper production. However, copper product profits are squeezed, and the production enthusiasm of copper plate and strip is weak. Copper tube enterprises are cautious, while copper foil maintains a high - prosperity level. The CSPT decided not to set a reference figure for the spot copper concentrate processing fee in Q1 2026. Due to year - end capital chain tension and tax - related impacts, downstream procurement sentiment is weak, and the spot discount has widened. Caution is advised regarding price corrections [1]. 3) Summary by Relevant Catalogs [Market Analysis] - The potential strike at Capstone Copper's Mantoverde copper - gold mine in Chile may start on December 29 if the new labor contract mediation fails. Last week, the zero long - term pricing of mining processing fees boosted market sentiment, resulting in consecutive days of rising copper prices. In November, SMM China's electrolytic copper production was 1.1031 million tons, with a month - on - month increase of 11,500 tons (1.05%) and a year - on - year increase of 9.75%. From January to November, the cumulative production increased by 1.2894 million tons (11.76%). SMM expects December's electrolytic copper production to increase by 65,700 tons (5.96%) month - on - month and 6.69% year - on - year. Copper product profits are squeezed, and the production enthusiasm of copper plate and strip is weak. Copper tube enterprises are mainly in a wait - and - see mode, while copper foil maintains high - level prosperity. The CSPT decided not to set a reference figure for the spot copper concentrate processing fee in Q1 2026. Downstream procurement sentiment is weak, and the spot discount has widened [1]. [Futures and Spot Market Conditions] - Futures: Shanghai Copper opened high and closed low but rose during the day. - Spot: Today, the spot premium/discount in East China was - 330 yuan/ton, and in South China, it was - 180 yuan/ton. On December 24, 2025, the LME official price was $12,218/ton, and the spot premium was + $35/ton [4]. [Supply Side] - As of December 22, the spot rough smelting fee (TC) was - 43.98 dollars/dry ton, and the spot refining fee (RC) was - 4.58 cents/pound [8]. [Fundamental Tracking] - Inventory: SHFE copper inventory was 59,100 tons, an increase of 6,861 tons from the previous period. As of December 22, the copper inventory in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone was 98,800 tons, an increase of 100 tons from the previous period. LME copper inventory was 157,000 tons, an increase of 825 tons from the previous period. COMEX copper inventory was 471,600 short tons, an increase of 4,276 short tons from the previous period [11].