焦炭日报：短期偏震荡-20260202

Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - The short - term investment rating for the coke industry is "sideways" [1] Group 2: Core View of the Report - The supply - demand pattern of coke is directly affected by upstream coking coal costs, downstream steel demand, and macro - policy guidance. Currently, the comprehensive inventories of coking coal and coke continue to rise, and the overall supply - demand is weak. Downstream steel mills' pre - holiday restocking is nearing the end, leading to a further decline in coke demand. However, coking plants are in continuous losses, with strong price - increase intentions. There are still expectations for subsequent policies at the macro - level. Overall, the market is under pressure due to the news of the Fed nomination. In the short term, it will mainly show wide - range fluctuations, and a low - buying strategy can be considered. Attention should be paid to the support near the previous low and the resistance near the previous high [2] Group 3: Summary by Related Contents Coke Inventory - As of January 30, the comprehensive coke inventory increased by 133,000 tons to 1.01235 billion tons, reaching a 7 - and - a - half - month high, with a year - on - year decline of 3.44% [1] Profit - The average profit per ton of coke for 30 independent coking plants nationwide is - 55 yuan/ton. The average profit of Shandong quasi - first - grade coke turned positive to 2 yuan/ton, that of Hebei quasi - first - grade coke is 0 yuan/ton, that of Shanxi quasi - first - grade coke is - 41 yuan/ton, and that of Inner Mongolia second - grade coke is - 92 yuan/ton [1] Downstream Demand - This week, the blast furnace operating rate of 247 steel mills increased by 0.32% week - on - week to 79%, 1.02% higher than the same period last year. The profitability rate decreased by 1.3% week - on - week to 39.39%. The blast furnace iron - making capacity utilization rate slightly dropped to 85.47%, and the daily average pig iron output decreased by 1,200 tons week - on - week to 2.2798 million tons [1] Upstream Coking Coal - As the Spring Festival approaches, there is an expectation of a decline in supply. The coking coal inventory in mines decreased by 72,000 tons to 2.672 million tons. The comprehensive coking coal inventory increased by 460,000 tons week - on - week to 28.6434 million tons, and the year - on - year decline narrowed to 8.57% [1] News - US President Trump officially nominated former Fed governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Powell whose term ends in May. The nomination of Warsh as Fed chair triggered hawkish expectations, causing violent fluctuations in the financial market. The official manufacturing PMI in January was 49.3%, a 0.8 - percentage - point decline from the previous month [2]