Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - No relevant content provided Group 2: Core Views of the Report - After the high - level meeting, the "anti - involution" hype faded, and the market will focus on the demand during the peak season. The steel market shows a situation of weak supply and demand, with potential further weakening of demand and rising inventory. For iron ore, the market is in the off - season, with high supply and limited upward space for iron - water production. Both steel and iron ore futures prices face downward pressure [2][4] - For steel, it is recommended to hold short positions and set stop - profits in time. For iron ore, short - term short positions can be held lightly with timely stop - profits [2][4] Group 3: Summary by Directory 1. Thread and Hot - Rolled Coil - **Market Focus**: After the meeting, the market turns to focus on the peak - season consumption in September. The market shows a weak supply - demand situation, with potential further weakening of demand due to the ongoing hot summer [2] - **Price and Spread**: The closing prices of rebar and hot - rolled coil futures have different changes compared to the previous day and week. Most spot prices have declined slightly. The basis and spreads of futures contracts also show various changes [2] - **Production and Profit**: The blast furnace operating rate of 247 steel mills remains stable, but the average daily iron - water volume has decreased. The proportion of profitable steel mills has increased. The rebar production has increased, while the hot - rolled coil production has decreased [2] - **Inventory**: The total inventory of the five major varieties has increased, with both social and factory inventories of rebar rising, and the social inventory of hot - rolled coil increasing while the factory inventory has decreased [2] - **Demand and Orders**: The apparent demand of the five major varieties has declined slightly. The trading volume in the spot market has decreased significantly [2] 2. Iron Ore - **Supply and Demand**: The steel mill profitability is acceptable, but the iron - water production is under pressure to decline. The global iron ore shipment is at a high level, and the port inventory is slowly decreasing, but the trade - mine inventory is high [4] - **Price and Spread**: The spot and futures prices of iron ore have different changes compared to the previous day and week. The basis, futures monthly spreads, and variety spreads also show various trends [4] - **Shipping and Logistics**: The Australian and Brazilian iron ore shipments have decreased. The shipping freight rates and exchange rates have changed, and the arrival volume of northern six ports has increased while the average daily port - clearance volume has decreased [4] - **Inventory**: The total port inventory and trade - mine inventory have decreased, and the sintered powder inventory of sample steel mills has also declined [4] 3. Industry News - HeSteel's August silicon - iron and silicon - manganese tender prices and quantities have changed compared to July [6] - Some coal mines have experienced production suspension and resumption, affecting the output of coking coal [6] - The average profit per ton of coke for 30 independent coking plants is - 16 yuan/ton, with different profit levels in different regions [7]

Group 1 - The main futures contract for coking coal experienced a rapid increase, reaching a peak of 796.0 yuan, with a current price of 778.0 yuan, reflecting a rise of 3.11% [1] - According to Everbright Futures, the short-term outlook for coking coal is expected to be volatile [1] - Guantong Futures indicates that the fundamental outlook remains loose, and the long-term trend for coking coal is still bearish [1] Group 2 - In the spot market, high-sulfur coking coal prices in Shanxi's Linfen region have decreased by 56-70 yuan, now priced at 680-744 yuan per ton [1] - The Inner Mongolia market is showing weak performance, with prices for Mongolian raw coal and refined coal declining by 5 and 7 yuan respectively, leading to a lack of market transactions [1] - On the supply side, safety incidents in some coal mines have led to production halts and restrictions, resulting in a slight increase in procurement in the spot trading segment [1] Group 3 - Demand for coking coal is expected to decrease as major steel mills are reducing coking coal procurement due to falling iron water production [1] - The steel industry is experiencing a high inventory of coking coal, and the average daily production of molten iron is declining, which weakens the demand for coking coal [1] - Overall, while there is a short-term rebound in coking coal prices due to market stimuli, the long-term outlook remains bearish due to a loose fundamental environment [1]