Trend analysis
According to the data monitoring of the business agency, the market performance of cobalt in June was poor, and the price of cobalt fell in shock. Recently, the price of cobalt ushered in three consecutive falls. As of June 16, the price of cobalt was 252500.00 yuan / ton, down 1.24% compared with the average price of 255666.67 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month; after June 11, the price of cobalt fell three times, down 1.62% compared with that of 256666.67 yuan / ton on June 16. Cobalt Market in June underperformed, the recent cobalt price is ushered in three consecutive falls.
Mobile market
According to the data of China Academy of information and communication, in May 2020, the total shipment volume of domestic mobile phone market was 33.759 million, down 11.8% year on year; from January to may, the total shipment volume of domestic mobile phone market was 124 million, down 18.0% year on year. It can be seen from the data that in 2020, the mobile phone sales volume fell sharply compared with the same period last year, and the demand for cobalt in the mobile phone market fell significantly. Although the mobile phone market recovered in April, the market fell sharply in May, and the mobile phone sales volume fell in May compared with the same period last year. The mobile phone market sales are poor, which is bad for the cobalt market, and the cobalt price is under great pressure.
According to the data of China Academy of information and communications, in May 2020, the domestic market’s 5g mobile phone shipments reached 1564300, accounting for 46.3% of the same period’s mobile phone shipments; from January to may, the domestic market’s 5g mobile phone cumulative shipments reached 46084000, accounting for 37.0%. 5g mobile phone is highly expected by the market and is expected to become a new demand point of the market. 5g mobile phones also did well in April and may. Sales fell in May, but the market share of 5g mobile phones rose sharply, and the expectation of mobile phone market fell. However, the strong performance of 5g mobile phones still has a certain positive stimulus to cobalt market.
New energy vehicle market
According to the statistics of China Automobile Industry Association, in May 2020, the production and sales of new energy vehicles were 84000 and 82000 respectively, with a growth rate of 3.5% and 12.2% on a month on month basis, down 25.8% and 23.5% on a year-on-year basis. From January to may, the production and sales of new energy vehicles were 295000 and 289000, down 39.7% and 38.7% year-on-year respectively, 5.1% and 4.7% lower than that from January to April. Affected by the decline of subsidies, the production and sales of new energy vehicles fell significantly year-on-year. Although compared with the previous month, the production and sales of domestic new energy vehicle market have recovered, the production and sales of 2020 still fell sharply year-on-year, and the overall production and sales of new energy vehicle market still fell, which was lower than the market expectation, and was negative for cobalt market. However, with the recovery of the new energy vehicle market, the benefits to the cobalt market are strengthened, and the new energy vehicle market is more favorable to the future cobalt market.
International market cobalt price
From the trend chart of cobalt price in LME market, it can be seen that the international cobalt price has fallen recently, which is bearish to the cobalt market. The cobalt market has weakened, which is bad for the domestic cobalt market.
Cobalt stock in Wuxi Market
From the cobalt inventory table of Wuxi stainless steel market, it can be seen that since the end of May, the stock of cobalt market has increased substantially and the supply of cobalt market is sufficient. With the successive arrival of international cobalt ore in June, the supply of cobalt market may exceed the demand again and the price of cobalt is relatively negative.
Market Overview
According to Bai Jiaxin, a data analyst of business agency, recently the demand of cobalt market is not good. The sales volume of mobile phones and new energy vehicles all declined significantly in May, and the demand for cobalt market declined significantly, causing the price of cobalt to drop three times in a row. However, in the long run, although the production and sales of new energy vehicles have declined significantly, the overall market demand is rising slowly, which is good for the future cobalt Market; the overall performance of the mobile phone market is poor, but the 5g mobile phone is good, which is still good for the future cobalt market. The stock of cobalt in Wuxi market has increased significantly, which has a negative impact on the price of cobalt, and the international cobalt ore that can’t arrive at the port due to the epidemic has been arriving in succession. The oversupply of domestic cobalt market is increasing, which has a negative impact on cobalt market. However, at this stage, cobalt mining is limited, the risk of excess supply of cobalt market is small, labor costs such as transportation are increasing, cobalt costs are increasing, and the space for cobalt price to fall is limited. In a word, the demand of cobalt market is not good in the near future, and the rising power of cobalt market is insufficient, so the rising of cobalt market is far away; in the future, the favorable stimulus of cobalt market is continuous, the demand of cobalt market is still optimistic, and there is still room for the rising of cobalt Market; and affected by the cost, the falling space of cobalt price is not big, and the overall expectation is that the future market of cobalt market will fluctuate and maintain stability.