Purchasing enthusiasm for copper strip has declined

The downstream billet price of copper strip fell, and the overall transaction was weak; the billet itself was poorly shipped.

This week, the coke market was weak. Affected by the drop in billet prices, steel mills kept increasing pressure on coke prices. Tangshan took the lead in making price cuts, and the surrounding areas also showed a downward trend. The coke resources sold to steel plants in Tangshan from Inner Mongolia and Shanxi have also been reduced by 20 yuan/ton. At present, coke companies have adopted a low inventory strategy to respond to the price reduction behavior of steel mills, which makes steel mills more cautious in adjusting the price of galvanized greenhouse pipes. Shandong: The market has been stable this week, and the transaction situation has maintained a good momentum. The operating rate of coking plants has remained high but there is no inventory pressure. Constrained by capital problems, the pressure on coking companies’ funds has been greatly increased and it is difficult to increase the recent weak steel market. The coke market accepts The forecast is still pessimistic in the later period, and the trend may continue to be stable in the past two weeks. Shanxi: The market is weak and stable. Affected by the fall in coke prices in Hebei, some areas have followed the decline, and steel mills’ purchasing enthusiasm has declined. At present, some Shanxi coke companies have stocks, and as steel mills continue to hold down prices, coke Enterprises have also shown bearish and bearish expectations for the market outlook. Once the purchase volume of steel mills in the market outlook decreases, the price of coke may usher in a decline of 20 to 30 yuan/ton. Hebei: The market is weak, and the overall market is reduced by 20 yuan/ton. With the general end of the winter centralized replenishment period of steel mills, the enthusiasm of galvanized greenhouse pipe plants for purchasing has declined, and the inventory is maintained at about 10 days, but it has benefited from the previous period. Supported by rigid demand, supply and demand are barely balanced, and after a round of decline in the market, the price of coke will not fluctuate in the short term. Therefore, it is expected that the market will focus on consolidation and operation. Although the current market has not seen a large-scale follow-up phenomenon, the current coking enterprises still maintain a high operating rate. If the winter storage market does not digest this part of the increase in the later period, the coke market supply will increase significantly, and the price support will gradually weaken. This has led to a further decline in coke prices. Generally speaking, under the support of low inventory in the short term, coke prices will not fall on a large scale. Galvanized greenhouse pipes will not rule out the phenomenon of compensating the decline in some areas.