Report Investment Rating No relevant content provided. Core View This week, the supply - demand structure of the iron ore market was adjusted, but the price remained in a volatile pattern. On the supply side, the shipment volume of mainstream mines remained at a relatively high level of 21.119 million tons. The capacity utilization rate of domestic mines was 57.88%, showing a slight decline, indicating a slight tightening of domestic ore supply, while the supply of imported ore was still relatively abundant. On the demand side, the steel mills significantly increased their production cuts, with the national daily average hot metal output dropping to 2.2884 million tons, a decrease of 112,900 tons week - on - week, but the daily average port clearance volume remained at a relatively high level, reflecting that the spot circulation did not slow down significantly [1]. Summary by Directory 1. Futures Market 1.1 Contract Price During the week, the iron ore futures price first declined and then rose. On the first trading day of "Golden September", iron ore had a large decline, and then recovered the decline in the next four trading days. The weekly K - line of the main contract closed slightly up by 2 yuan/ton [2]. 1.2 Variety Market During the week, the I2601 contract of iron ore opened at 787 yuan/ton, closed at 789.5 yuan/ton, with a maximum price of 796.5 yuan/ton and a minimum price of 761.0 yuan/ton. The entire variety contract was in a volatile and slightly stronger state, with a large amplitude between the minimum and maximum prices. The trading volume and open interest increased further week - on - week compared to the previous week [4]. 1.3 Related Market From the observation of the Dalian Commodity Exchange's iron ore option market, for the I2510 option contract, the exercise price was between 800 and 880 points. The call option with the largest trading volume and open interest was at 820 points, and the put option's trading volume and open interest were concentrated in the 780 - point put contract. This shows that iron ore market traders are more optimistic about the price of 820 points for calls and 780 points for puts [5]. 2. Spot Market 2.1 Spot Market The total global iron ore shipment volume was 35.5677 million tons, an increase of 2.4093 million tons from the previous week. Among them, the shipment volume from Australia was 18.9459 million tons, a week - on - week decrease of 502,400 tons, and the shipment volume from other regions increased by 992,200 tons to 6.5463 million tons. As of September 5, the total inventory of imported iron ore at 47 ports across the country was 144.2572 million tons, an increase of 377,000 tons from the previous week. The total imported inventory of 247 steel mills decreased by 673,200 tons week - on - week, and the inventory consumption ratio was 31.85 days, an increase of 1.43 days week - on - week. The national daily average hot metal output was 2.2884 million tons, a decrease of 112,900 tons from the previous week. Affected by the tightening of environmental protection policies in the northern region, the production cut of steel mills was the largest in the past two months. At the same time, the output of some steel mills also decreased due to equipment maintenance and raw material supply problems [6]. 2.2 Basis Data According to Wind data, the spot price of PB powder (61.5%) at Tianjin Port was 800 yuan/ton, a week - on - week increase of 3 yuan/ton. The basis between Tianjin fine ore (61.5%) and the futures main contract was 10.5 yuan/ton, an increase of 1 yuan/ton week - on - week [6]. 2.3 Registered Warehouse Receipts According to the data of the Dalian Commodity Exchange, there were 1,900 registered warehouse receipts of iron ore this week, the same as the previous week [7]. 3. Influencing Factors 3.1 Industry News The industrial utilization rate of domestic miners decreased by 2.10% week - on - week to 60.55%, and the daily average output of iron concentrate decreased by 13,300 tons week - on - week [7]. 3.2 Technical Analysis The daily K - line of the main I2601 contract of iron ore is running above the middle track of the BOLL, indicating a bullish state [8]. 4. Market Outlook This week, the iron ore market showed a volatile upward trend, with both futures and spot prices strengthening simultaneously. The tight balance of supply and demand in the fundamentals supports the price, but there is an increasing supply - side pressure and demand - side resilience. Technically, it shows a short - term strength, but the risk of over - bought correction should be vigilant. The macro - economic easing expectation and the steel mills' replenishment demand are the main driving forces, while the high port inventory and the pressure of steel inventory accumulation are potential constraints [9].