Zinc Market Report November 2013
2013-12-12 11:31:08 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI up by 3.2%, PPI down by 1.5% YOY in October
1.1.2 PMI positively stable in November
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Iran nuclear crisis relieves, crude oil prices fall back
1.2.2 Weaker Euro strengthens US dollar index
2 International market interview
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Zinc concentrate import market moves up
3.2 Zinc ingot prices down slightly and demand stable
3.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market active, some producers lower processing charges
3.4.1 Consumers purchase zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot normally and the market keeps stable
3.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap price chaos
3.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99% market keeps stable
3.5.1 Super-fine zinc powder market shows divergent in different areas of China
3.5.2 Metal zinc powder supply slightly tight
3.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder market stable
3.6 Zinc chloride market stable
3.7 Zinc sulfate market sluggish and price decreases slightly
4.1 China zinc concentrate production up by 12.33% YOY in Jan-Oct 2013
4.2 China refined zinc production in October touches the record high in 2013
4.3 China zinc smelters’ operating rate up to 77.56% in November
4.4 China die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rate up to 46.02% in November
3.5 China zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 55.43% in November
5 Import & Export data analysis
5.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in October 2013
5.2 China’s zinc concentrate import up by 32.65% MOM in October 2013
5.3 China refined zinc import in October touches record high in 4 years
5.4 China zinc oxide import down by 2.9% MOM in October
5.5 China zinc powder import down by 14.3% MOM in October
5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers October 2013
5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers October 2013
5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers October 2013
5.9 Chines zinc powder importers October 2013
6.1 Chihong Zinc & Germanium’s lead zinc smelters start trial production in Huize
6.2 Xiangyun Feilong to increase lead and zinc production in 2014
6.3 NONFEMET to launch its 300,000tpy lead and zinc smelting project in 2014
6.4 Chengzhou Zinc to resume zinc ingot production in next April or May
6.5 Xingyuan Zinc Industry releases zinc oxide capacity of 3,600tpy in November
6.6 Longli Chemical to resume zinc oxide production in early December
7 Related industry developments
7.1 Chinese crude steel output up by 9.2% YOY in October
6.2 Automobile marketing volume up by 20.34% YOY in October
Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2011-2013
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2013
Picture 3 Futures prices of crude oil in US
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in November 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in November 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in November (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in November (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in November (RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in November (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in November 2013
Picture 14 China zinc concentrate production 2011-2013
Picture 15 China refined zinc production 2012-2013
Picture 16 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers in 2013
Picture 17 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2013
Picture 18 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in November, 2013 (T)
Picture 19 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2013
Picture 20 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2013
Picture 21 China refined zinc export 2011-2013
Picture 22 China zinc oxide import volume in October
Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in October
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 3 Stock of zinc oxide in different regions
Table 4 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in October, 2013
Table 5 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013（Unit：Kg）
Table 6 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013（Unit：Kg）
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in October, 2013
Table 8 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in October, 2013
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in October
Table 10 Chinese zinc powder import companies in October 2013
