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  • 2012 Annual Report on Zinc Market

    2013-03-04 18:21:35   【Print】
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    Contents

    1 Base attribute of zinc. 1

    1.1 Zinc characteristics. 1

    1.2 Zinc main applications. 1

    1.2.1 Galvanization. 1

    1.2.2 Casting zinc alloy. 1

    1.2.3 Manufacture copper alloy (brass) 2

    1.2.4 Manufacture zinc oxide. 2

    1.2.5 Manufacture dry cell with zinc cake and zinc plate. 2

    1.2 Global zinc ore reserves and output 3

    1.3 Zinc ore reserves and output in China. 3

    2 Macro-economy review. 4

    2.1 Three times of Quantitative Easing Policy in USA. 4

    2.1.1 US Quantitative Easing Policy overview. 4

    2.1.2 Influence of three QEs on global economy. 5

    2.2 The hardest European debt crisis gone, no recovery sign in the near-term. 6

    2.3 Japanese QE: the most uncertain factor to global market 6

    2.4 Obstacles appearing for economic growth in emerging entities such as China and India  7

    2.4.1 Will reform of China’s new government remove bottlenecks in economic growth?  7

    2.4.2 Burdened India hard to speed up. 7

    2.5 US energy revolution and influence on oil prices. 8

    2.6 Where US dollar heads among complicated international economy. 8

    3 Output data analysis. 9

    3.1 China’s zinc concentrate production up by 12.9% YOY in 2012. 9

    3.2 Refined zinc production. 10

    3.2.Asian Metal Copyright 37 Picture 18 Price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in China, 2011.Asian Metal Copyright1 China refined zinc production down by 5.6% YOY in 2012. 10

    3.2.2 Chinese zinc smelting expansion pace slows down. 12

    3.3 Chinese die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rate below 50%. 15

    3.4 Increase rate of zinc oxide production slows down in 2012. 16

    3.4.1 Zinc oxide production in 2012 analysis. 16

    3.4.Asian Metal Copyright5 Manufacture dry cell with zinc cake and zinc plate.Asian Metal Copyright2 Zinc oxide 85-99.5% capacity 2012 analysis. 18

    3.4.3 Capacity & output of some main zinc oxide enterprises in China in 2012. 18

    3.4.4 Operating rate of zinc oxide in 2012 analysis. 20

    3.4.5 zinc oxide plants projects under construction by region. 21

    4 Import and export data. 22

    4.1 China’s zinc concentrate import down by 33.86% YOY in 2012. 22

    4.2 Chinese refined zinc import up by 47.58% YOY in 2012. 23

    4.3 Chinese zinc alloy import market keeps relatively stable in 2012. 26

    4.4 Zinc oxide import down by 33.Asian Metal Copyright4.Asian Metal Copyright7% year on year from Jan.Asian Metal Copyright in 2012.Asian Metal Copyright to Dec. in 2012. 27

    4.5 Zinc powder import up by 10.Asian Metal Copyright4 Hot-galvanizing zinc alloy demand stable.Asian Metal Copyright7% year on year from Jan.Asian Metal Copyright.Asian Metal Copyright to Dec. in 2012. 29

    5. Zinc market supply and demand. 31

    5.1 Zinc supply exceeds demand for six years in succession. 31

    5.2 Chinese zinc market sees weak demand. 32

    6 Market review. 33

    6.1 Zinc futures on LME move down in H1 move up in H2. 33

    6.2 Zinc concentrate market sees sufficient supply. 33

    6.3 Zinc ingot prices keep low and demand softens. 36

    6.4 Hot-galvanizing zinc alloy demand stable. 37

    6.5 Die-casting zinc alloy market moves down slightly. 38

    6.6 Zinc oxide market 39

    6.6.1 Market of zinc oxide produced by ingot remains weak. 39

    6.6.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stable, annual output slightly increases Y-O-Y  40

    6.6.3 Zinc oxide 85-99%min market kept sluggish all year 41

    6.7 Zinc powder market 42

    6.7.1 Ultrafine zinc powder market stable. 42

    6.7.2 Metal zinc powder market remained dull 43

    6.7.3 Mercury-free zinc powder slightly sluggish. 44

    6.8 Zinc chloride market kept stable. 44

    6.9 Zinc sulfate market dull 45

    7 Related industry developments. 45

    7.1 Chinese domestic crude steel output record new high with 717Mt in 2012. 45

    7.2 Statistics on Chinese auto output and sales in 2012. 46

    8 Outlook for 2012. 47

     

     

    Picture 1 Zinc consumption structure. 2

    Picture 2 China zinc concentrate production 2010-2012. 10

    Picture 3 China refined zinc production 2009-2012. 11

    Picture 4 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012. 16

    Picture 5 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2010-2012. 23

    Picture 6 China refined zinc import 2010-2012. 24

    Picture 7 China refined zinc export volume 2010-2012. 25

    Picture 8 China refined zinc import & export 2007-2012. 25

    Picture 9 China zinc alloy import 2011-2012. 26

    Picture 10 China Zinc Oxide Import in 2009-2012. 27

    Picture 11 Import of zinc powder from Jan.to Dec. in 2012. 30

    Picture 12 Surplus/deficit of refined zinc in global market in 2005-2012. 31

    Picture 13 3-month zinc futures on the LME in 2012 (USD/t) 33

    Picture 14 Price graph of zinc concentrate 50%min in the spot market in South China in 2012  34

    Picture 15 Price graph of zinc concentrate 55%min in the spot market in North China in 2012  35

    Picture 16 The treatment charge graph for imported zinc concentrate 50%min. 36

    Picture 17 Price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in 2012. 37

    Picture 18 Price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in China, 2011. 38

    Picture 19 Price graph of zinc oxide 99.7%min in 2012. 40

    Picture 20 Trend of direct method zinc oxide in Jan-Dec 2012(RMB/t) 42

    Picture 21 Price trend of 325mesh first grade in 2012. 43

     

    Table 1 Global zinc ore output, reserves and distribution. 3

    Table 2 Chinese zinc ore production by region in 2012. 3

    Table 3 China refined zinc production by region in 2012. 11

    Table 4 New zinc smelting projects in 2012: (Unite: ton) 13

    Table 5 Zinc smelting project under construction: (Unite: ton) 13

    Table 6 Zinc smelting projects under construction by region. 14

    Table 7 Zinc oxide 99.7% capacity geographical distribution in Chinese Mainland in 2012  17

    Table 8 Capacity of some main zinc oxide 85-99.5% enterprises. 18

    Table 9 Capacity of some main zinc oxide 99.7% enterprises. 19

    Table 10 Zinc oxide plants projects under construction by region. 21

    Table 11 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers 2012. 24

    Table 12 The tariffs of zinc products will not change in 2013. 25

    Table 13 Import volume of zinc oxide of enterprises from Jan. to Dec. in 2012 (Unit: kg) 28

    Table 14 Chinese top 10 enterprises to import zinc powder and flakiness powder 30

    Table 15 Supply and demand for zinc in global market 2007-2012. 32

    Table 16 Average month price for zinc oxide 99.7% in 2012(RMB/t) 40

    Table 17 Statistics of zinc powder metal of Jan-Dec in 2012: (RMB/t) 43

    Table 18 Chinese motors production and sales in 2012. 47

     

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