铁矿周报-20260209

Report Industry Investment Rating - Investment Rating: ★★ [5] 2. Core Viewpoints - Last week, the Iron Ore 2605 contract declined by 4.1%. The negative feedback of finished products on raw materials needs to be repaired. The pre - holiday raw material replenishment demand of steel mills has basically ended. The commodity market has been highly volatile recently, and there is strong pre - holiday risk - aversion sentiment. It is recommended to observe cautiously. For the operation strategy, it is advised to take a wait - and - see approach for single - sided trading, arbitrage, and options [4][5][33][34] 3. Summary by Directory 3.1 Market Information - In January 2026, China's Logistics Industry Prosperity Index was 51.2%, maintaining an expansion trend. Rio Tinto Group withdrew from the negotiation to acquire Glencore due to a failure to reach an agreement on valuation. Last week, in the commodity futures market, except for a 8.44% increase in gold prices, other major commodity futures prices declined, with tin having the highest decline of 9.24%. In the global stock market, Chinese and US stocks generally declined, while European stocks rose. China's Science and Technology Innovation 50 Index had the highest decline of 5.76%, and France's CAC 40 Index had the highest increase of 2.5%. In the foreign exchange market, the US dollar index closed at 97.68, up 0.55%. In late January, the average daily output of crude steel of key steel - producing enterprises was 1.935 million tons, a 2.2% decline from the previous period; the steel inventory was 14.71 million tons, an 8.8% decline from the previous ten - day period and a 4.0% increase from the beginning of the year [14] 3.2 Supply - side Situation - As of December 2025, the import volume of iron ore and concentrates was 119.65 million tons, an increase of 9.11 million tons from the previous month; the import average price was $101.16 per ton, a decrease of $0.33 from the previous month. Australia's iron ore shipment volume was 71.393 million tons, an increase of 9.544 million tons from the previous month; Brazil's iron ore shipment volume was 27.635 million tons, a decrease of 3.328 million tons from the first half of the month [19][23] 3.3 Demand - side Situation - The report mentions the daily hot - metal output of 247 steel mills, the profitability of 247 steel mills, and the Shanghai terminal wire - rod procurement volume, but specific data analysis is not provided in the given text [24][26][30] 3.4 Fundamental Analysis - Last week, the blast - furnace operating rate of 247 steel mills was 79.53%, a 0.53% increase from the previous week and a 1.55% increase year - on - year. The blast - furnace iron - making capacity utilization rate was 85.69%, a 0.22% increase from the previous week and a 0.07% decrease year - on - year. The steel - mill profitability was 39.39%, unchanged from the previous week and a 12.13% decrease year - on - year. The daily hot - metal output was 2.2858 million tons, an increase of 0.006 million tons from the previous week and an increase of 0.00014 million tons year - on - year. The total inventory of imported iron ore at 45 ports was 171.4071 million tons, an increase of 1.1845 million tons from the previous week; the daily port - clearance volume was 3.4108 million tons, an increase of 0.0877 million tons; the number of ships at ports was 111, an increase of 5. The total inventory of imported iron ore at 47 ports was 179.1468 million tons, an increase of 1.5642 million tons from the previous week; the daily port - clearance volume was 3.5758 million tons, an increase of 0.0987 million tons. Due to the threat of a hurricane, several major iron - ore export ports in Western Australia are clearing [31][32] 3.5 Market Outlook and Operation Strategy - The negative feedback of finished products on raw materials needs to be repaired. The pre - holiday raw material replenishment demand of steel mills has basically ended. The commodity market has been highly volatile recently, and there is strong pre - holiday risk - aversion sentiment. It is recommended to observe cautiously. The operation strategy is to wait and see for single - sided trading, arbitrage, and options [33][34]