Monthly Zirconium Market Report Dec 2019

Contents

1 Market Highlights 2
2 Economy and Policy 2
2.1 China's manufacturing PMI unchanged from the previous month in Dec 2019 2
2.2 Exchange rate of USD against offshore RMB down by 536 points in Dec 2019 2
3 Market Movement 2
3.1 Chinese Market Movement 2
3.2 International Market Movements 4
4 Company news 5
4.1 Rio Tinto ceases zircon sand mining in South Africa 5
4.2 RBM would delay zircon sand mining planed on next Monday 5
4.3 Image Resources: Boonanarring ore reserve update yields 24% higher ore grade 5
4.4 Jiangsu Baifu increases zirconium silicate output up by around 10% YOY 5
4.5 Lomon Billions to entrust relative assets to Orient Zirconia 5
5 Producers Statistics 5
5.1 Producers statistics for zircon sand 5
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright2 Chinese zirconium silicate producers' operating rate down by 1.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zircon sand output up by 1.4% MOM in Dec 2019 5
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright2 Chinese zircon sand producers' operating rate up by 0.6% compared with the previous month in Dec 2019 6
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's manufacturing PMI unchanged from the previous month in Dec 2019 2 2.Asian Metal Copyright3 Chinese zircon sand producers' stocks up by 26.3% MOM in Dec 2019 6
5.2 Producers statistics for zirconium silicate 6
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright3 Chinese zirconium oxychloride producers' stocks up by 20.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zirconium silicate output down by 2.7% MOM in Dec 2019 6
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright2 Chinese zircon sand producers' operating rate up by 0.Asian Metal Copyright2 Chinese zirconium silicate producers' operating rate down by 1.4% MOM in Dec 2019 6
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's manufacturing PMI unchanged from the previous month in Dec 2019 2 2.Asian Metal Copyright3 Chinese zirconium silicate producers' stocks up by 17.3% MOM in Dec 2019 7
5.3 Producers statistics for zirconium oxychloride 7
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright4% MOM in Dec 2019 6 5.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zirconium oxychloride output up by 2.3% MOM in Dec 2019 7
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright3% MOM in Dec 2019 7 5.Asian Metal Copyright2 Chinese zirconium oxychloride producers' operating rate up by 1.6% MOM in Dec 2019 7
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright2 Producers statistics for zirconium silicate 6 5.Asian Metal Copyright3 Chinese zirconium oxychloride producers' stocks up by 20.0% MOM in Dec 2019 8
6 Customs Statistics (Nov 2019) 8
6.1 China's zirconium ore and concentrate import volume up by 11.9% MOM in Nov 2019 8
7 Market Outlook for Next Month 8
.Asian Metal Copyright2 RBM would delay zircon sand mining planed on next Monday 5 4.Asian Metal Copyright