Report Summary 1) Report Industry Investment Rating No information provided. 2) Core View of the Report The supply - demand pattern of iron ore continues to weaken. Under the disturbance of production restrictions, the terminal demand for ore is declining. With the steel market's industrial contradictions unresolved and seasonal production - restriction disturbances frequent, ore demand is expected to continue to decline, which may drag down the ore price. Although the arrival of ore at domestic ports has dropped significantly due to short - term weather factors, overseas miners' shipments remain high, and subsequent arrivals are expected to recover. Ore supply remains high while demand is weakening, so the fundamentals of the ore are not good, and the high - valued ore price is prone to fall back. Attention should be paid to the performance of steel [2]. 3) Summary by Related Catalogs Inventory - 45 - port iron ore inventory is 14,542.48, with a week - on - week increase of 118.89, a monthly increase of 564.69, and a year - on - year decrease of 877.50 [1]. - 247 steel mills' imported ore inventory is 8,849.86, with a week - on - week decrease of 229.33, a monthly decrease of 1,186.93, and a year - on - year decrease of 148.04 [1]. Supply - 45 - port iron ore arrival volume is 2,029.10, with a week - on - week decrease of 490.30, a monthly decrease of 331.40, and a year - on - year decrease of 432.80. The significant drop in domestic port arrivals is mainly due to short - term weather factors, and overseas miners' shipments remain high, so subsequent arrivals are expected to recover [1][2]. - Global 19 - port iron ore shipment volume is 3,288.40, with a week - on - week decrease of 45.15, a monthly decrease of 186.99, and a year - on - year increase of 203.20 [1]. Demand - 247 steel mills' daily average hot metal production is 236.36, with a week - on - week decrease of 3.54, a monthly decrease of 5.45, and a year - on - year increase of 0.89. The daily average hot metal production and imported ore consumption of sample steel mills have decreased week - on - week, and the decline is expanding, indicating a clear weakening of demand [1][2]. - 247 steel mills' imported ore daily consumption is 291.62, with a week - on - week decrease of 4.84, a monthly decrease of 7.18, and a year - on - year increase of 1.07 [1]. - 45 - port daily average ore - clearing volume is 320.16, with a week - on - week increase of 7.51, a monthly decrease of 16.24, and a year - on - year increase of 0.04 [1]. - The weekly average of main - port iron ore transactions is 82.83, with a week - on - week decrease of 14.07, a monthly increase of 43.46, and a year - on - year decrease of 21.29 [1].