Monthly Tin Market Report Oct 2017

Content
1. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS 5
2 COMPANY NEWS 5
2.1 Zhenghao Tin fails to produce predicted tin ingot volume in September 5
2.2 Junxing Nonferrous Metals suspends tin concentrate production 5
2.3 Yunxin Nonferrous tin ingot output reduced in September 5
2.4 Fangyuan (De’an) Mining Investment to increase tin concentrate output in 2017 5
2.5 Jiangxi Zili resumes tin ingot production 5
2.6 CNMC Chifeng Dajingzi Tin delays resuming tin ingot production 5
2.7 Chenzhou Non-ferrous Metals suspends tin concentrate production 6
2.8 Gejiu Zifu Industrial to produce about 600 metal tons of tin concentrate in October 6
2.9 Gejiu Nonferrous Metals suspends tin ingot production 6
2.10 China-tin Group to reduce tin ingot output by 50% in October 6
2.11 Dajin tin-zinc mine of Yingu Technology suspends tin concentrate production 6
2.12 Gejiu Jinye to resume tin ingot production 6
2.13 Chenzhou Beihu Ore Dressing Plant puts resuming tin concentrate production on hold 6
2.14 Gejiu Kaimeng Industry & Trade to reduce tin ingot output in October 7
2.15 Jiangxi Zili resumes normal tin ingot output in October 7
3 CHINESE MARKET 7
3.1 Economy and Policy 7
3.2 Market Movements 7
3.2.1 Chinese tin ingot prices decline with fluctuating trend 7
3.2.2 The tight supply for Chinese tin concentrate eased 7
3.2.3 Scrap tin prices drop slightly 8
4 INTERNATIONAL MARKET 8
4.1 Economy and Policy 8
4.2 Market Movements 8
4.2.1 Bolivian tin output increases in the second quarter 8
4.2.2 LME tin prices go down sharply 8
4.2.3 Imports of Burma tin ore resume regular volume 9
5 PRODUCERS STATISTICS 9
5.1 Tin market records deficit of 9,200t during January to August 2017 9
5.2 China’s tin ingot output up by 29.42% MOM in October 9
5.3 China’s tin ingot stocks down by 23.23% YOY in late October 10
6 CUSTOMS STATISTICS 10
6.1 Indonesian exports of refined tin up by 17% YOY in October 10
6.2 China’s tin ore imports up by 9.17% MOM in September 10
6.3 China’s refined tin and tin alloy imports down by 37.64% MOM in September 2017 12
7 RELEVANT INDUSTRY NEWS 13
7.1 Tin prices expect to rise driven by consumption from electronic and photovoltaic industries 13
8 MARKET OUTLOOK FOR NEXT MONTH 13


Graph Content

Graph 1 Chinese spot tin ingot price trend from September to October (EXW, RMB/ton) 7
Graph 2 Chinese tin concentrate 60%min price trend from Sep to Oct (EXW; RMB/metal ton) 8
Graph 3 Prices for three-month LME tin contracts from September to October 2017 (USD/ton) 8
Graph 4 Stocks for three-month LME tin contracts from September to October 2017 (ton) 9
Graph 5 China’s imports for Burma tin ore 20%min price trend from September to October (RMB/metal ton) 9
Graph 6 China’s tin ingot output by month from Jan 2016 to Oct 2017 (unit: ton) 9
Graph 7 China’s tin ingot output by major province from Jan 2016 to Oct 2017 (ton) 10
Graph 8 China’s monthly stocks of tin ingot from January 2016 to October 2017 (Unit: ton) 10
Graph 9 China’s monthly stocks of tin ingot from January 2016 to October 2017 (Unit: ton) 10
Graph 10 China’s monthly tin ore imports from Jan 2016 to September 2017 (ton) 10
Graph 11 China’s monthly tin ore imports from Burma from Jan 2016 to September 2017 (ton) 11
Graph 12 Monthly imports for refined tin and tin alloy in China from Jan 2016 to Sep 2017 (ton) 12
Graph 13 China’s imports for refine tin and tin alloy in September by origin (ton) 12


Table 1 Indonesia refined tin exports by month from Jan to October in 2017 10
Table 2 China’s tin ore imports by major country in September 11
Table 3 China’s importers of tin ore and tin concentrate in September 11
Table 4 Data on imports and exports of refined tin and tin alloy in China in September 12
Table 5 China’s importers of refined tin and tin alloy in September 12


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