1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core View of the Report - In the short term, steel prices will maintain a volatile and upward - trending pattern. The medium - term strategy is still to go long on dips. The prices of iron ore and coking coal and coke are also expected to maintain a volatile and upward - trending pattern [3][4][5]. 3. Summary by Directory 3.1 Market Review - Last week, against the backdrop of multiple policy expectations, the black - series commodities rose across the board. In the industry, inventory accumulation in the off - season was less than expected, demand showed certain resilience, and the increase in hot metal production provided continuous support to the raw material end. Both futures and spot prices rose [9]. 3.2 Steel Supply and Demand Analysis - **Production**: The weekly production of rebar was 209.06 million tons (down 3.51% week - on - week and 6.45% year - on - year), and that of hot - rolled coil was 321.14 million tons (down 0.62% week - on - week and 1.80% year - on - year). The blast furnace and electric furnace production of rebar both decreased. The blast furnace weekly production of rebar was 182.67 million tons (down 3.73% week - on - week and 8.82% year - on - year), and the electric furnace weekly production was 26.39 million tons (down 1.97% week - on - week and up 14.09% year - on - year) [15][17][22]. - **Operating Rate**: The blast furnace operating rate remained stable at 83.46% (up 0.37% week - on - week and 1.16% year - on - year), and the electric furnace operating rate increased to 65.08% (up 2.34% week - on - week and down 0.43% year - on - year) [27]. - **Profit**: The profit of rebar was + 171 yuan/ton (down 12.76% week - on - week and up 170 yuan/ton year - on - year), and the profit of hot - rolled coil was + 146 yuan/ton (up 2.82% week - on - week and up 151 yuan/ton year - on - year) [31]. - **Demand**: The apparent consumption of rebar was 206.17 million tons (down 6.92% week - on - week and 9.18% year - on - year), and the 5 - day average of national building materials transactions was 9.50 million tons (down 3.36% week - on - week and 24.97% year - on - year). The apparent consumption of hot - rolled coil was 323.79 million tons (up 0.40% week - on - week and down 1.27% year - on - year) [36]. - **Inventory**: The total rebar inventory was 543.26 million tons (up 0.53% week - on - week and down 29.50% year - on - year), with the factory inventory at 173.1 million tons (down 4.30% week - on - week and 6.44% year - on - year) and the social inventory at 370.16 million tons (up 2.97% week - on - week and down 30.83% year - on - year). The total hot - rolled coil inventory was 342.91 million tons (down 0.77% week - on - week and 18.97% year - on - year), with the factory inventory at 77.31 million tons (down 0.64% week - on - week and 16.41% year - on - year) and the social inventory at 265.6 million tons (down 0.80% week - on - week and 20.56% year - on - year) [40][45]. - **Downstream Industries**: The weekly data showed that the transaction area of commercial housing in 30 large - and medium - sized cities decreased by 9.48% week - on - week and 24.57% year - on - year, and the transaction area of land in 100 large - and medium - sized cities decreased by 51.47% week - on - week and 66.40% year - on - year. In June 2025, automobile production and sales reached 2.794 million and 2.904 million respectively, with month - on - month increases of 5.5% and 8.1% and year - on - year increases of 11.4% and 13.8% respectively. From January to June 2025, automobile production and sales reached 15.621 million and 15.653 million respectively, with year - on - year increases of 12.5% and 11.4% respectively [48][51]. 3.3 Iron Ore Supply and Demand Analysis - **Supply**: The iron ore price index was 99.85 (up 1.75% week - on - week and down 4.46% year - on - year). The shipments from 19 ports in Australia and Brazil were 24.79 million tons (down 0.77% week - on - week and up 4.05% year - on - year), and the arrivals at 45 ports were 23.712 million tons (down 10.93% week - on - week and 0.21% year - on - year) [58]. - **Demand**: The daily hot metal production was 2.4244 million tons (up 263,000 tons week - on - week and 279,000 tons year - on - year), the ore handling volume at 45 ports was 3.2274 million tons (up 1.01% week - on - week and 2.83% year - on - year), and the inventory - to - sales ratio of 247 steel enterprises was 29.29 days (down 2.63% week - on - week and 6.99% year - on - year) [63]. - **Inventory**: The inventory at 45 ports was 137.8521 million tons (up 0.14% week - on - week and down 9.78% year - on - year), the imported iron ore inventory of 247 steel enterprises was 88.2216 million tons (down 1.75% week - on - week and 4.46% year - on - year), and the average available days of iron ore for 114 steel enterprises was 22.94 days (down 1.88% week - on - week and up 9.03% year - on - year) [69]. 3.4 Coking Coal and Coke Supply and Demand Analysis - **Supply**: The operating rate of coking coal mines was 86.07% (up 0.64% week - on - week and down 2.25% year - on - year), the operating rate of coal washing plants was 62.85% (up 0.85% week - on - week and down 5.35% year - on - year), and the daily Mongolian coal customs clearance volume was 140,800 tons (up 260% week - on - week and 7.74% year - on - year) [75]. - **Coking Enterprises**: The profit per ton of coke for independent coking plants was - 43 yuan/ton (up 20 yuan/ton week - on - week and down 76 yuan/ton year - on - year), the capacity utilization rate of independent coking plants was 73.01% (up 0.19% week - on - week and down 2.04% year - on - year), and the capacity utilization rate of steel mill coke was 86.84% (down 0.21% week - on - week and 0.24% year - on - year) [84]. - **Coking Coal Inventory**: The coking coal inventory of independent coking plants was 7.902 million tons (up 4.99% week - on - week and 4.01% year - on - year), the coking coal inventory of steel mills was 7.9093 million tons (up 1.05% week - on - week and 6.34% year - on - year), and the coking coal inventory at ports was 3.215 million tons (down 0.04% week - on - week and up 22.01% year - on - year) [90]. - **Coke Inventory**: The coke inventory of independent coking plants was 555,500 tons (down 6.76% week - on - week and up 57.77% year - on - year), the coke inventory of steel mills was 6.3899 million tons (up 0.19% week - on - week and 15.72% year - on - year), and the coke inventory at ports was 1.9911 million tons (down 0.49% week - on - week and 1.60% year - on - year) [96]. - **Spot Price**: After the first round of coke price increase, the second round of increase has started. The price of low - sulfur main coking coal in Shanxi was 1,300 yuan/ton (up 100 yuan/ton week - on - week and down 620 yuan/ton year - on - year), and the ex - factory price of quasi - first - grade metallurgical coke in Lvliang was 1,030 yuan/ton (up 50 yuan/ton week - on - week and down 770 yuan/ton year - on - year) [102]. 3.5 Spread Analysis - The basis of rebar widened, and the 10 - 1 spread of rebar continued to shrink. The 9 - 1 spread of iron ore widened, and the spread between hot - rolled coil and rebar widened significantly [104][109].