沪锌市场周报：炼厂减产延续去库，预计锌价震荡偏强-20251231

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the document 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - The report anticipates that the Shanghai zinc futures will undergo a bullish adjustment, suggesting attention to the support level at 23000 yuan/ton, with potential upside targets between 23600 - 24000 yuan/ton [4] 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Weekly Key Points Summary - Market Review: The main contract of Shanghai zinc futures rose this week, with a weekly increase of 0.45% and an amplitude of 2.03%. The closing price of the main contract was 23275 yuan/ton [4] - Market Outlook: Macroscopically, most Fed officials expect further rate cuts after December, and 62.5 billion yuan of ultra - long - term special treasury bonds for consumer goods replacement have been pre - allocated. Fundamentally, zinc ore imports have declined, domestic smelters' winter raw material reserves have started, and processing fees have dropped, squeezing smelter profits and potentially reducing production. The export window may close again. On the demand side, the downstream market is entering the off - season, but there are some bright spots in the automotive sector. Domestic inventories continue to decline while LME inventory accumulation is slowing [4] 3.2 Futures and Spot Market - Price Changes: As of December 31, 2025, the closing price of Shanghai zinc futures was 23275 yuan/ton, up 45 yuan/ton (0.19%) from December 24. As of December 30, 2025, the closing price of LME zinc was 3130 US dollars/ton, up 57.5 US dollars/ton (1.87%) from December 22 [9] - Net Positions and Open Interest: As of December 31, 2025, the net position of the top 20 in Shanghai zinc futures was 5416 lots, a decrease of 3131 lots from December 24. The open interest was 195442 lots, a decrease of 6438 lots (3.19%) from December 24 [11] - Price Spreads: As of December 31, 2025, the aluminum - zinc futures price spread was 350 yuan/ton, a decrease of 550 yuan/ton from December 24. The lead - zinc futures price spread was 5920 yuan/ton, a decrease of 85 yuan/ton from December 24 [16] - Spot Premiums: As of December 31, 2025, the spot price of 0 zinc ingot was 23360 yuan/ton, up 70 yuan/ton (0.3%) from December 24. The spot premium was 115 yuan/ton, up 30 yuan/ton from last week. As of December 30, 2025, the LME zinc near - month to 3 - month spread was - 32.22 US dollars/ton, a decrease of 1.61 US dollars/ton from December 19 [22] - Inventory Changes: As of December 30, 2025, the LME refined zinc inventory was 106325 tons, an increase of 6425 tons (6.43%) from December 19. As of December 31, 2025, the SHFE refined zinc inventory was 69793 tons, a decrease of 3170 tons (4.34%) from last week. As of December 29, 2025, the domestic refined zinc social inventory was 105500 tons, a decrease of 13700 tons (11.49%) from December 22 [25] 3.3 Industry Situation - Upstream - Zinc Ore: In October 2025, the global zinc ore output was 1.1009 million tons, a month - on - month increase of 1.21% and a year - on - year increase of 4.87%. In November 2025, the import of zinc ore concentrates was 519018.96 tons, a month - on - month increase of 52.31% and a year - on - year increase of 14.06% [31] - Supply - Global Refined Zinc: In October 2025, the global refined zinc output was 1.2187 million tons, a year - on - year increase of 108400 tons (9.76%); the consumption was 1.2193 million tons, a year - on - year increase of 44200 tons (3.76%); the supply gap was 600 tons, compared with a gap of 64800 tons in the same period last year. The WBMS report showed a supply - demand balance of - 35700 tons in September 2024 [36][37] - Supply - Refined Zinc Output: In November 2025, the domestic zinc output was 654000 tons, a year - on - year increase of 13.3%. From January to November, the cumulative zinc output was 6.842 million tons, a year - on - year increase of 9.5% [40] - Supply - Refined Zinc Exports: In November 2025, the import of refined zinc was 18229.93 tons, a year - on - year decrease of 48.15%; the export was 42815.55 tons, a year - on - year increase of 8748.45% [43] - Downstream - Galvanized Sheets: From January to November 2025, the inventory of galvanized sheets of major domestic enterprises was 942600 tons, a year - on - year increase of 9.06%. In November 2025, the import of galvanized sheets was 36700 tons, a year - on - year decrease of 19.91%; the export was 317900 tons, a year - on - year increase of 11% [46][47] - Downstream - Real Estate: From January to November 2025, the new housing construction area was 534.567 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 20.58%; the housing completion area was 394.5393 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 17.58%. The funds available to real estate development enterprises were 851.4519 billion yuan, a year - on - year decrease of 11.9%, among which personal mortgage loans were 117.86 billion yuan, a year - on - year decrease of 15.1% [52][53] - Downstream - Infrastructure Investment: From January to November 2025, infrastructure investment increased by 0.13% year - on - year. In November 2025, the real estate development climate index was 91.9, a decrease of 0.52 from last month and 0.61 from the same period last year [58][59] - Downstream - Home Appliances: In November 2025, the refrigerator output was 9.442 million units, a year - on - year increase of 5.6%. From January to November, the cumulative refrigerator output was 99.342 million units, a year - on - year increase of 1.2%. The air - conditioner output in November was 15.026 million units, a year - on - year decrease of 23.4%. From January to November, the cumulative air - conditioner output was 245.361 million units, a year - on - year increase of 1.6% [61] - Downstream - Automobiles: In November 2025, the sales volume of Chinese automobiles was 3428998 units, a year - on - year increase of 3.4%; the output was 3531579 units, a year - on - year increase of 2.76% [66]