Zinc Market Report February 2014
2014-03-19 15:23:21 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI rises by 2.5% YOY, PPI declines by 1.6% YOY in January
1.1.2 PMI continues to fall in February
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Frigid weather in North America boosts rebound of crude oil future price
1.2.2 US dollar index weakens unexpectedly
2 International market interview
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Weak trading in Chinese zinc concentrate market
3.2 Zinc ingot price moves down and trading keeps sluggish
3.3 Die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rates keep at a low level
3.4.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market keeps sluggish
3.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market moves slowly
3.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99% market stagnates
3.5.1 Few trading in super-fine zinc powder market
3.5.2 Some metal zinc powder plants not resume production
3.6 Zinc chloride market improves slightly
3.7 Zinc sulfate market sluggish
4.1 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate down to 72.38% in February
4.4 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks up by 6.83% MOM in February
4.5 China’s die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rate down to 30.53% in February
4.6 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 44.11% in February
4.7 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks down greatly by 23.21% MOM in February
5 Import & Export data analysis
5.1 China’s import and export data of zinc by country in January
5.2 China’s zinc ore/concentrate import up by 1.28% MOM in January
5.3 China’s refined zinc import touches 56-month high in January
5.4 China’s zinc oxide import down by 4.3% MOM in January
5.5 China’s zinc powder import up by 16.5% MOM in January
5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers January
5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers January
5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers January
5.9 Chines zinc powder importers January
6.1 A subsidiary of Luoping Zinc & Electricity suffers an arsine poisoning accident
6.2 Sihuan Electrolytic Zinc stops zinc ingot production for maintenance
6.3 Western Mining delays to bring 100,000tpy zinc smelting project into production
6.4 Shaanxi Dongling reduces zinc ingot production for maintenance
6.5 Jiangsu Dongtai Fine Chemical stops zinc oxide production
6.6 Longli Chemical extends zinc oxide 95-99% capacity to 12,000tpy
6.7 Hengyang Kaiwei Chemical delays to produce zinc sulfate
7 Related industry developments
7.1 Automobile sales volume up by 6% YOY in January
Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2012-2014
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2012-2014
Picture 3 Futures prices of crude oil in US in February, 2014
Picture 4 USD index chart in February, 2014
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in February, 2014
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in February, 2014
Picture 7 The price graph of zinc concentrate 50%min in South China in February 2014
Picture 8 The price graph of zinc concentrate 55%min in North China in February 2014
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in February 2014
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in February 2014
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in February 2014
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in February 2014
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in February 2014
Picture 14 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate 2012-2014
Picture 15 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2014
Picture 16 China’s zinc oxide plants’ operating rate from 2012 to 2014
Picture 17 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2013-2014
Picture 18 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2014
Picture 19 China refined zinc export 2012-2014
Picture 20 China zinc oxide import volume from 2013 to 2014
Picture 21 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume from 2013 to 2014
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in Chinese domestic market
Table 2 Output changes of zinc smelters in February 2014
Table 3 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks in January and February 2014
Table 4 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks in January and February 2014
Table 5 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in January 2014
Table 6 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in January 2014
Table 7 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in January 2014
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in January 2014
Table 9 Chinese zinc powder import companies in January 2014
