华宝期货晨报铝锭-20260106

Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Ratings - No specific industry investment ratings are provided in the report. 2. Core Views - 成材: Expected to run in a volatile and consolidating manner, with the price center shifting downward and showing weak performance. The market sentiment is pessimistic due to the weak supply - demand pattern, and the low - key winter storage has limited price support. The later focus is on macro - policies and downstream demand [1][3]. - 铝锭: The price is expected to be strong in the short term. Macro - expectations boost the price, but it is necessary to be vigilant about the high - price risks during the domestic off - season with accumulating inventory. Attention should be paid to macro - guidance, macro - expectation changes, geopolitical crisis development, mine - end resumption, and consumption release [1][2][4]. 3. Summary by Related Catalogs 成材 - Production and Supply: Yunnan - Guizhou region's short - process construction steel enterprises will have a shutdown and maintenance period during the Spring Festival (mid - to late January for shutdown and around the 11th to 16th day of the first lunar month for resumption), which is expected to affect the total construction steel output by 741,000 tons. In Anhui, 1 out of 6 short - process steel mills started to shut down on January 5, and most of the others will shut down around mid - January, with an estimated daily output impact of about 16,200 tons during the shutdown [2][3]. - Real Estate Market: From December 30, 2024, to January 5, 2025, the total transaction (signing) area of newly - built commercial housing in 10 key cities was 2.234 million square meters, a 40.3% decrease from the previous period and a 43.2% increase year - on - year [3]. - Market Performance: The price continued to decline in a volatile manner, reaching a new low recently. The market sentiment is pessimistic under the weak supply - demand pattern, and the low - key winter storage has limited price support [3]. 铝锭 - Macro - factors: The market is concerned about key economic data that may affect the Fed's policy and global market trends. The US dollar is weakening, and geopolitical risks have led to a demand for hedging. Coupled with the domestic production capacity ceiling and short - term domestic consumption policy boost on the first day after the holiday, aluminum prices are strengthening [2]. - Supply - side: Newly - invested electrolytic aluminum projects in China and Indonesia are ramping up production, and the daily output is increasing. A new electrolytic aluminum project in Inner Mongolia was successfully energized on December 20, and the daily output is expected to continue to grow in the short term [3]. - Cost and Profit: In December, the average fully - taxed total cost of the Chinese electrolytic aluminum industry increased by 0.7% month - on - month and decreased by 23.3% year - on - year. Although the total cost increased, the cost increase was lower than the aluminum price increase, and the profit margin expanded. In December, 100% of the domestic electrolytic aluminum operating capacity was profitable [3]. - Downstream Demand: Last week, the operating rate of domestic aluminum downstream processing leading enterprises decreased by 1 percentage point to 59.9%. The operating rate of aluminum foil remained stable, while other processed materials declined to varying degrees [3]. - Inventory: Since mid - December, domestic aluminum ingot inventory has started to accumulate, breaking through the 600,000 - ton and 650,000 - ton marks. By the end of December, the cumulative inventory increase was nearly 15% compared with the inventory on December 18. The inventory accumulation is due to the combination of four factors: increased supply - side arrivals, weak demand - side digestion, industrial - structure adjustment, and high aluminum prices suppressing consumption [3].