建信期货铝日报-20260114

Report Information - Report Type: Aluminum Daily Report [1] - Date: January 14, 2026 [2] - Research Team: Non-ferrous Metals Research Team [3] - Researchers: Yu Feifei, Zhang Ping, Peng Jinglin [3] Core Viewpoints - On the 13th, the night session of Shanghai Aluminum continued to rise to the 25,000 mark and then declined for adjustment. The closing price at the end of the session dropped 0.85% to 24,375 yuan/ton, and the total open interest decreased by 20,000 lots to around 770,000 lots. The high aluminum price suppressed downstream procurement demand, and the overall trading sentiment of buyers declined compared with the previous trading day. The discounts in East China, Central China, and South China were -60, -220, and -45 respectively. [7] - In the short term, the overall supply of aluminum increased slightly. New projects in China and Indonesia continued to ramp up production, driving up the daily average output. Although the shutdown of an aluminum plant in Mozambique was finalized, it would still operate at full capacity in the first quarter, and the market had basically digested this news. [7] - High aluminum prices suppressed terminal demand. Downstream enterprises generally adopted strategies of delaying procurement and consuming inventories, and the weekly inventory quickly accumulated and exceeded the 700,000-ton mark. [7] - The operation logic of the aluminum market was still dominated by the macro and capital sentiment. As copper and gold prices rose significantly, funds continued to buy relatively undervalued resource products, which supported the aluminum price to be more likely to rise than to fall. [7] Industry News - 19 air-conditioning enterprises and research institutions, including Midea, Haier, and Xiaomi, jointly launched the implementation work of the "aluminum replacing copper" series of standards, triggering market discussions. Due to the continuous rise in copper prices, the price difference between copper and aluminum was about three times. Some brand stores said they would launch aluminum household air-conditioning products as soon as 2026, while others had no such plan. [10] - Lizhong Group said that its production and operation had been stable in recent years, and the overall capacity utilization rate had gradually increased. The second phase of the 3.6 million ultra-lightweight aluminum alloy wheel project in its Mexican factory, with a capacity of 1.8 million, had achieved initial production. The third aluminum alloy wheel factory in Thailand, with an annual production capacity of 3 million cast-rotated aluminum alloy wheels, was expected to be put into production next year. The high-performance aluminum alloy new material projects newly built in Chongqing, Huaian, Changchun, Thailand, and other places would be put into production from the fourth quarter of this year to next year. [10][11] - India's state-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) planned to start the mining of the Pottangi bauxite mine in Odisha in June 2026 to support the expansion of its integrated aluminum business. It had awarded the development and operation rights of the mine to Dilip Buildcon Ltd. To match the increase in mining capacity, Nalco was expanding the fifth production line at its Damanjodi alumina refinery, which would increase the annual capacity by 1 million tons to 3.275 million tons. [11]