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    Zinc Market Report November 2013

    2013-12-12 11:31:08   【Print】
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    Contents

    Introduction. 1

    1 Financial news. 1

    1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview. 1

    1.1.Asian Metal Copyright.Asian Metal Copyright1 CPI up by 3.Asian Metal Copyright 3 Picture 3 Futures prices of crude oil in US.Asian Metal Copyright2%, PPI down by 1.5% YOY in October 1

    1.1.2 PMI positively stable in November 2

    1.2 International financial overview. 3

    1.2.1 Iran nuclear crisis relieves, crude oil prices fall back. 3

    1.2.2 Weaker Euro strengthens US dollar index. 4

    2 International market interview. 5

    3 Chinese domestic market review. 6

    3.1 Zinc concentrate import market moves up. 6

    3.2 Zinc ingot prices down slightly and demand stable. 8

    3.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market active, some producers lower processing charges. 9

    3.4 Zinc oxide market 10

    3.4.1 Consumers purchase zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot normally and the market keeps stable  11

    3.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap price chaos. 12

    3.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99% market keeps stable. 13

    3.5 zinc powder market 13

    3.5.1 Super-fine zinc powder market shows divergent in different areas of China. 13

    3.5.2 Metal zinc powder supply slightly tight 14

    3.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder market stable. 15

    3.6 Zinc chloride market stable. 15

    3.7 Zinc sulfate market sluggish and price decreases slightly. 15

    4 Production data. 16

    4.1 China zinc concentrate production up by 12.33% YOY in Jan-Oct 2013. 16

    4.2 China refined zinc production in October touches the record high in 2013. 17

    4.3 China zinc smelters’ operating rate up to 77.56% in November 18

    4.4 China die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rate up to 46.02% in November 19

    3.5 China zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 55.43% in November 20

    5 Import & Export data analysis. 22

    5.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in October 2013. 22

    5.2 China’s zinc concentrate import up by 32.65% MOM in October 2013. 25

    5.3 China refined zinc import in October touches record high in 4 years. 26

    5.4 China zinc oxide import down by 2.9% MOM in October 28

    5.5 China zinc powder import down by 14.3% MOM in October 30

    5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers October 2013. 31

    5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers October 2013. 32

    5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers October 2013. 33

    5.9 Chines zinc powder importers October 2013. 33

    6 Company news. 34

    6.1 Chihong Zinc & Germanium’s lead zinc smelters start trial production in Huize. 34

    6.2 Xiangyun Feilong to increase lead and zinc production in 2014. 34

    6.3 NONFEMET to launch its 300,000tpy lead and zinc smelting project in 2014. 35

    6.4 Chengzhou Zinc to resume zinc ingot production in next April or May. 36

    6.5 Xingyuan Zinc Industry releases zinc oxide capacity of 3,600tpy in November 36

    6.6 Longli Chemical to resume zinc oxide production in early December 36

    7 Related industry developments. 37

    7.1 Chinese crude steel output up by 9.2% YOY in October 37

    6.2 Automobile marketing volume up by 20.34% YOY in October 37

    8 Outlook for December 37

     

     

    Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2011-2013. 2

    Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2013. 3

    Picture 3 Futures prices of crude oil in US. 4

    Picture 4 USD index chart 4

    Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in November 2013 (USD/t) 5

    Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in November 2013 (ton) 6

    Picture 7 The price graph of zinc concentrate 50%min in southern Chinese spot market in November, 2013 (RMB/metal ton) 7

    Picture 8 The price graph of zinc concentrate 55%min in northern Chinese spot market in November, 2013 (RMB/metal ton) 8

    Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in November (RMB/t) 9

    Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in November (RMB/t) 10

    Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in November (RMB/t) 12

    Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in November (RMB/t) 14

    Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in November 2013. 15

    Picture 14 China zinc concentrate production 2011-2013. 17

    Picture 15 China refined zinc production 2012-2013. 18

    Picture 16 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers in 2013. 19

    Picture 17 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2013. 20

    Picture 18 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in November, 2013 (T) 21

    Picture 19 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2013. 26

    Picture 20 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2013. 27

    Picture 21 China refined zinc export 2011-2013. 28

    Picture 22 China zinc oxide import volume in October 30

    Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in October 31

     

    Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market 12

    Table 3 Stock of zinc oxide in different regions. 21

    Table 4 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in October, 2013  22

    Table 5 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013UnitKg. 29

    Table 6 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013UnitKg. 31

    Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in October, 2013. 31

    Table 8 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in October, 2013. 32

    Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in October 33

    Table 10 Chinese zinc powder import companies in October 2013. 33


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