碳酸锂：区间震荡整理，聚焦供需边际，成材：重心下移偏弱运行

Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the content 2. Core View of the Report - Supply and demand have returned to a tight balance. Due to the uncertainty during the Spring Festival, it is recommended to hold a light position and wait and see before the festival [5] 3. Summary According to Relevant Contents Market Performance - Yesterday, the price of the main contract of lithium carbonate futures rose significantly to 149,420 yuan/ton, with a slight decrease in trading volume and open interest; the daily inventory of lithium carbonate on the GZFE increased to 37,282 lots. The SMM average price of electric carbon in the spot market was 142,500 yuan/ton, with an electrician price difference of 3,500 yuan/ton. The spot market sentiment was cautious despite the strong futures market [3] Fundamental Analysis - Supply: Last week, raw material prices in the market generally declined. This week, the SMM total weekly operating rate was 46.02% (-1.27%), and the operating rates of all processes except lithium mica decreased. The SMM weekly total output was 20,184 tons (-560 tons). There were also information disturbances on the supply side, and the sentiment of ethnic resource nationalism increased, providing some resonance support to the overall market sentiment [3][4] - Demand: Last week's data showed that the production of lithium iron phosphate and ternary materials decreased slightly month - on - month, and inventory was destocked. As of January 18, the penetration rate of new energy vehicle sales in the SMM data rose to 55.6%, remaining at a relatively high level. In January, the total production of power and energy storage batteries in China was 168.0 GWh, a month - on - month decrease of 16.7% and a year - on - year increase of 55.9%; sales were 148.8 GWh, a month - on - month decrease of 25.4% and a year - on - year increase of 85.1%. Energy storage cells performed strongly, with both production and sales booming and low inventory [4] - Inventory: According to SMM data, last week, the social inventory of the four - location sample increased by 3.73% week - on - week to 43,050 tons. This week, the total sample weekly inventory decreased to 102,932 tons, and the total inventory days decreased to 29.6 days, returning to a tight - balance pattern [4] Macro - policy and Environment - Demand - side: Multiple incentives such as subsidies for car trade - ins and export tax rebates for batteries stimulate terminal consumption and improve macro - liquidity [5] - Supply - side: On January 15, the National Development and Reform Commission proposed to introduce management measures for the comprehensive utilization of new energy vehicle power batteries, which will improve the recycling threshold and eliminate backward production capacity, optimizing the domestic supply structure and raising the cost support center in the long term [5] - Industrial Planning: The industrial planning of Qinghai Salt Lake, the key points of the "15th Five - Year Plan" for energy storage, and a series of deployments at the Central Economic Work Conference form synergistic benefits, supporting long - term supply - demand balance [5] - Macro Environment: The central bank's structural interest rate cut indirectly strengthens the long - term macro - positive atmosphere [5]