新能源及有色金属日报：消费淡季开始显现-20260204

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Unilateral: Neutral [5] - Arbitrage: Neutral [5] 2. Core View of the Report - Consumption has entered the off - season, with the output of downstream processed products declining month - on - month. The market trading is rather sluggish despite the decline in absolute prices. Social inventories have started to accumulate slowly, with the absolute inventory value still at a relatively low level over the years, and the expected peak of inventory accumulation is 20 - 250,000 tons. The import TC of ore continues to decline, and the import window is closed. Although the prices of sulfuric acid and by - products are rising, smelting still faces some losses, and the pressure of continuous short - supply of zinc ingots is not obvious. In the long term, the report is still optimistic about consumption and macro factors [4] 3. Summary by Related Catalogs Important Data Spot - LME zinc spot premium is - $5.35/ton. SMM Shanghai zinc spot price increased by 80 yuan/ton to 25,050 yuan/ton, with a spot premium of - 45 yuan/ton. SMM Guangdong zinc spot price increased by 70 yuan/ton to 25,070 yuan/ton, with a spot premium of - 25 yuan/ton. Tianjin zinc spot price increased by 80 yuan/ton to 25,000 yuan/ton, with a spot premium of - 95 yuan/ton [1] Futures - On February 3, 2026, the main SHFE zinc contract opened at 24,975 yuan/ton and closed at 24,960 yuan/ton, down 200 yuan/ton from the previous trading day. The trading volume for the whole trading day was 315,836 lots, and the open interest was 82,293 lots. The highest intraday price reached 25,240 yuan/ton, and the lowest was 24,615 yuan/ton [2] Inventory - As of February 3, 2026, the total inventory of zinc ingots in SMM's seven major regions was 125,700 tons, an increase of 8,600 tons from the previous period. As of the same date, LME zinc inventory was 108,975 tons, a decrease of 125 tons from the previous trading day [3]