成本?撑松动,盘?价格?位回落
Zhong Xin Qi Huo·2026-03-27 00:32
- Report Industry Investment Rating - Mid - term outlook: Oscillation [6] 2. Core Viewpoints - Cost support weakens, and the futures prices fall from high levels. The impact of geopolitical conflicts weakens, but there are still expectations of coking coal warehouse - receipt pressure, causing coal - coke prices to decline from high levels. Iron ore prices fluctuate at high levels due to repeated disturbances on the supply side. Alloys lack fundamental highlights, and their futures prices loosen at high levels. The supply - demand surplus of glass and soda ash continues to suppress prices. Currently, steel inventories are at a high level, and the expectation for the peak season is still cautious. Under the weakening of cost support, the futures market adjusts weakly. There may be repeated disturbances on the cost side in the later stage, and it is necessary to continue to pay attention to geopolitical and iron ore supply - side disturbances [2]. 3. Summaries by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Iron Element - Iron Ore: The ongoing US - Iran conflict and tight liquidity of some spot varieties support the futures and spot prices of iron ore. However, the overall supply - demand remains loose, and it is difficult to see overall inventory reduction, which suppresses the upper - limit valuation of prices. Iron ore is expected to show an oscillatory performance. In the short term, the arrival of scrap steel remains stable overall, but the recovery of long - process demand is slow, and the fundamentals continue in a weak - balance state, expected to oscillate in the short term [2]. - Scrap Steel: In the short term, the arrival of scrap steel remains stable overall, and the long - process demand recovers slowly. The fundamentals continue in a weak - balance pattern, and it is expected to oscillate in the short term. It is necessary to focus on the actual recovery progress of terminal demand in the future [10]. 3.2 Carbon Element - Coke: In the short term, both the supply and demand of coke increase. The resumption speed of hot metal production may be faster, and the spot cost price continues to rise. The expectation of spot price increase for coke is strong, and the futures market is expected to follow the cost - side coking coal. Under continuous geopolitical disturbances, the energy substitution logic will still be the focus of coking coal futures trading. In the short term, coking coal and coke are prone to rise and difficult to fall. However, if the geopolitical conflict eases and trading returns to fundamentals, there will still be callback pressure on the coking coal and coke futures [3]. - Coking Coal: Under continuous geopolitical disturbances, the energy substitution logic will still be the focus of coking coal futures trading. In the short term, coking coal and coke are prone to rise and difficult to fall. However, if the geopolitical conflict eases and trading returns to fundamentals, there will still be callback pressure on the coking coal and coke futures [12]. 3.3 Alloys - Manganese Silicon: Under the current geopolitical environment, the logic of rising manganese ore import costs and the expectation of rising electricity costs for high - energy - consuming varieties are difficult to disprove for the time being. However, based on the fundamentals of loose supply - demand, high inventory, and difficult cost transfer of manganese silicon, in the medium - to - long term, there is still a callback risk for the valuation level of the futures market higher than the cost. It is necessary to pay attention to the fluctuations in manganese ore prices and the changes in manufacturers' production levels [16]. - Silicon Iron: Under the current geopolitical environment, the expectation of rising electricity costs for high - energy - consuming varieties in the future is difficult to disprove for the time being. However, the problem of over - capacity in silicon iron is still relatively serious. The continuous repair of industry profits may accelerate the resumption of production by manufacturers, gradually shifting the supply - demand relationship to a loose state. In the medium - to - long term, when the futures valuation is significantly higher than the comprehensive cost of manufacturers, there is still a callback risk. It is necessary to pay attention to the adjustment range of the settlement electricity price in the main production areas and the resumption of production trends of manufacturers [18]. 3.4 Glass and Soda Ash - Glass: The supply still has disturbance expectations, but the inventory in the middle and downstream is moderately high. From a fundamental perspective, the current supply - demand is still in surplus. If production and sales cannot continue to improve, the high inventory will always suppress prices [12]. - Soda Ash: The glass melting volume is stable, the supply is stable at a high level in the short term, and the overall supply - demand is still in surplus. It is expected to oscillate in the short term. In the long term, the supply - surplus pattern will further intensify, the price center will continue to decline, and capacity reduction will be promoted [15]. 3.5 Steel - The cost support weakens, and the futures performance is weak. The spot trading volume is average. The steel mill profitability rate increases month - on - month, and hot metal production resumes. The downstream gradually resumes work, and the rigid demand and restocking demand are slowly released. The steel inventory continues to decline, but the overall inventory level is still moderately high, and the fundamentals have limited highlights. The futures price adjusts weakly, but there may be repeated disturbances on the cost side. It is necessary to continue to pay attention to geopolitical disturbances and peak - season demand [8].