1. Report Investment Rating - There is no information provided regarding the industry investment rating in the report. 2. Core Viewpoints - On August 18, the JM2601 contract of coking coal closed at 1,187.5, down 2.94%. The market sentiment declined after the Dalian Commodity Exchange restricted the daily opening volume of the JM2601 contract. Fundamentally, the mine - end inventory changed from decreasing to increasing, and the clean coal inventory transferred from upstream mines and coal washing plants to downstream coal - using enterprises. The cumulative import growth rate has been declining for 3 consecutive months, and the inventory is moderately high. Technically, the daily K - line is between the 20 - day and 60 - day moving averages, and it should be treated as a volatile operation [2]. - On August 18, the J2601 contract of coke closed at 1,702.0, down 1.56%. The sixth round of price increase has been implemented on the spot side. Fundamentally, the raw material inventory has rebounded. The hot metal output this period is 240.66 tons, an increase of 0.34 tons. The hot metal is at a high level, and the coal mine - end inventory is no longer under pressure, with the inventory transferring downstream. The total coking coal inventory generally shows an increase. In terms of profit, the average profit per ton of coke of 30 independent coking plants nationwide this period is 20 yuan/ton. Technically, the daily K - line is between the 20 - day and 60 - day moving averages, and it should be treated as a volatile operation [2]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Futures Market - JM main contract closing price: 1,187.50 yuan/ton, down 42.50 yuan; J main contract closing price: 1,702.00 yuan/ton, down 27.50 yuan [2]. - JM futures contract open interest: 941,070.00 lots, up 51,646.00 lots; J futures contract open interest: 51,445.00 lots, up 234.00 lots [2]. - Net open interest of the top 20 coking coal contracts: - 118,083.00 lots, down 7,855.00 lots; net open interest of the top 20 coke contracts: - 5,846.00 lots, up 162.00 lots [2]. - JM 1 - 9 month contract spread: 152.50 yuan/ton, up 3.00 yuan; J 1 - 9 month contract spread: 68.00 yuan/ton, down 8.50 yuan [2]. - Coking coal warehouse receipts: 0.00; coke warehouse receipts: 820.00 [2]. 3.2 Spot Market - Dry Qimantage Mongolian No. 5 raw coal: 996.00 yuan/ton, unchanged; Tangshan Grade 1 metallurgical coke: 1,720.00 yuan/ton, unchanged [2]. - Russian prime coking coal forward spot (CFR): 147.00 US dollars/wet ton, unchanged; Rizhao Port quasi - Grade 1 metallurgical coke: 1,520.00 yuan/ton, unchanged [2]. - Jingtang Port Australian imported prime coking coal: 1,510.00 yuan/ton, unchanged; Tianjin Port Grade 1 metallurgical coke: 1,620.00 yuan/ton, unchanged [2]. - Jingtang Port Shanxi - produced prime coking coal: 1,610.00 yuan/ton, unchanged; Tianjin Port quasi - Grade 1 metallurgical coke: 1,520.00 yuan/ton, unchanged [2]. - Shanxi Jinzhong Lingshi medium - sulfur prime coking coal: 1,300.00 yuan/ton, unchanged; J main contract basis: 18.00 yuan/ton, up 27.50 yuan [2]. - Inner Mongolia Wuhai - produced coking coal ex - factory price: 1,100.00 yuan/ton, unchanged; JM main contract basis: 112.50 yuan/ton, up 42.50 yuan [2]. 3.3 Upstream Situation - Clean coal output of 314 independent coal washing plants: 26.40 million tons per day, up 0.40 million tons; clean coal inventory of 314 independent coal washing plants: 2.97 billion tons per week, up 89 million tons [2]. - Capacity utilization rate of 314 independent coal washing plants: 0.37%, unchanged; raw coal output: 38.099 billion tons per month, down 4.0084 billion tons [2]. - Coal and lignite imports: 3.561 billion tons per month, up 257 million tons; daily average raw coal output of 523 coking coal mines: 187.90 million tons, down 0.40 million tons [2]. - Imported coking coal inventory at 16 ports: 4.4778 billion tons per week, down 152.7 million tons; coke inventory at 18 ports: 2.6971 billion tons per week, down 38.4 million tons [2]. - Total coking coal inventory of all - sample independent coking enterprises: 9.7688 billion tons per week, down 110.4 million tons; all - sample coke inventory of independent coking enterprises: 625.1 million tons per week, down 72.2 million tons [2]. - Coking coal inventory of 247 steel mills nationwide: 8.058 billion tons per week, down 28.6 million tons; coke inventory of 247 sample steel mills nationwide: 6.098 billion tons per week, down 94.8 million tons [2]. - Available days of coking coal for all - sample independent coking enterprises: 12.97 days per week, down 0.02 days; available days of coke for 247 sample steel mills: 10.83 days per week, down 0.08 days [2]. - Coking coal imports: 910.84 million tons per month, up 172.10 million tons; coke and semi - coke exports: 89 million tons per month, up 38 million tons [2]. - Coking coal output: 4.06438 billion tons per month, down 5.89 million tons; capacity utilization rate of independent coking enterprises: 74.34%, up 0.31% [2]. - Profit per ton of coke for independent coking plants: 20 yuan/ton, up 36 yuan/ton; coke output: 4.186 billion tons per month, up 15.7 million tons [2]. 3.4 Downstream Situation - Blast furnace operating rate of 247 steel mills: 83.57%, down 0.20%; blast furnace iron - making capacity utilization rate of 247 steel mills: 90.24%, up 0.17% [2]. - Crude steel output: 7.966 billion tons per month, down 352.40 million tons [2]. 3.5 Industry News - U.S. President Trump stated after meeting with Russian President Putin on the 15th that there is no plan to impose tariffs on China's purchase of Russian oil [2]. - The central bank proposed to implement a moderately loose monetary policy in the next stage and focus on promoting a reasonable recovery of prices [2]. - China's coal consumption ratio decreased from 56.8% in 2020 to 53.2% in 2024, while the non - fossil energy consumption ratio increased from 15.9% to 19.8% [2]. - Although future real estate construction will decline significantly, the existing housing stock will be huge. By 2030, the residential buildings over 30 years old will exceed 10 billion square meters, and even if only 10% is renovated annually, it will be 1 billion square meters [2].