Monthly Tin Market Report May 2018

Contents

1 Market Highlights 4
2 Economy and Policy 4
2.1 China-US economic and trade consultation reaches consensus 4
2.2 12 companies in Indonesia licensed to export tin 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese market 4
3.1.1 Chinese tin ingot price breaks trough RMB150,00/t 4
3.1.2 Tin concentrate suppliers active to sell for high tin prices 5
3.2 International market movements 5
3.2.1 Timah' s refined tin output down by 23% YOY in Q1 5
3.2.2 LME tin prices down and stocks increase 5
4 Company News 5
4.1 Dongguan Yihui Industry plans to put refined tin into production in June 5
4.2 Yunnan Chengfeng's tin ingot output up in April 5
4.3 Shengfeng Group completes technology reform for dressing plant in Burma 5
4.4 Nanfang Non-ferrous Metallurgy to put tin smelter into operation as soon as 2020 6
4.5 Huaxing Mining postpones resuming tin concentrate production to late May 6
4.6 Guangzhou Cixi Mining resumes tin ore production in Russia 6
4.7 Wangfa Tin performs maintenance on equipment 6
4.8 Monthly refined tin output in Hongren Metals down by about 30% 6
4.9 Leiyang Rongxing to put tin concentrate into production as early as late June 6
4.10 Yunnan Ziyun Industrial and Trading's dressing plant resumes regular production 6
4.11 Xianghualing Tin's tin concentrate output to decline in May 6
4.12 Dajin tin-zinc mine of Yingu Technology suspends tin ore production 6
4.13 Chifeng Dajingzi Tin plans to phase out reverberating furnace by 2020 6
4.14 Weilasituo Mining to commence tin concentrate production in 2020 6
4.15 Ruide Chemical to resume production of tin chemical products 6
4.16 Gejiu Jingcui Mining resumes tin concentrate processing 7
4.17 Jinlong Mining unlikely to resume tin concentrate production in short term 7
5 Producers Statistics 7
5.1 WBMS: Global tin market sees 2,500t of tin shortage from Jan to Mar 2018 7
5.2 Chinese tin ingot producers' output up by 20% YOY in May 2018 7
5.3 Chinese tin ingot producers' inventory down by 8.2% MOM late May 2018 7
5.4 Chinese tin ingot producers' sales up by 20% YOY in May 2018 8
6 Relevant Industry News 8
6.1 Promotion sales of color TV boost sales revenue 8
7 Market Outlook for Next Month 8

Graph Contents

Graph 1 Chinese spot tin prices trend from Apr to May (EXW; RMB/ton) 4
Graph 2 Price trend for Chinese tin concentrate 60%min from Apr to May (EXW; RMB/metal ton) 5
Graph 3 Prices for three-month LME tin contracts from Apr to May 2018 (USD/ton) 5
Graph 4 Stocks for three-month LME tin contracts from Apr to May 2018 (USD/ton) 5
Graph 5 Chinese tin ingot producers' output by month (ton) 7
Graph 6 Chinese tin ingot producers' output by province by month (ton) 7
Graph 7 Chinese tin ingot producers' inventory by month (ton) 7
Graph 8 Chinese tin ingot producers' inventory by province by month (ton) 8
Graph 9 Chinese tin ingot producers' sales by month (ton) 8
Graph 10 Chinese tin ingot producers' sales by province by month (ton) 8





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