Monthly Zinc Market Report Apr 2020
2020-05-14 22:22:14 【Print】
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1 Market Highlights 4
2 Economy and Policy 4
2.1 People's Bank of China decides to reduce deposit reserve ratio of small and medium-sized banks in April 2020 4
2.2 Peru extends state of emergency until April 26 amid COVID-19 outbreak 4
2.3 Super large lead-zinc deposit discovered in Hezhang, Guizhou 4
2.4 Yunnan supports key enterprises to engage in commercial purchasing and storage of nonferrous products 4
2.5 Gansu to purchase and store 436,000 tons of nonferrous metals 4
2.6 China's non-ferrous metals output of ten kinds up by 2.1% YOY in Q1 5
2.7 ILZSG: global zinc supply surplus increases to 130,100t in Feb 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Market Movements in China 5
3.1.1 Zinc ingot prices go up 5
3.1.2 TCs for zinc concentrate drop while prices rise significantly 6
3.1.3 Zinc die-casting alloy prices rise 7
3.1.4 Zinc oxide prices move up 7
3.1.5 Zinc powder prices go up 7
3.2 Market Movements Abroad 8
3.2.1 LME zinc prices fluctuate up 8
3.2.2 LME zinc stocks up sharply 8
4 Company News 8
4.1 Beishan Mining Development prematurely suspends lead-zinc concentrate production 8
4.2 Mitsui Mining and Smelting sees 5.8% drop in H1 refined zinc output 8
4.3 Luoping Zinc & Electricity to sell zinc solution to controlled subsidiary 8
4.4 Rongda Mining resumes lead-zinc concentrate production 8
4.5 Allway Mineral Technology resumes zinc concentrate production 9
4.6 Qianxin Mining unlikely to resume production in 2020 9
4.7 Boyuan Mineral resumes lead-zinc concentrate production 9
4.8 Xing'an Copper and Zinc to start maintenance on zinc ingot production line 9
4.9 Peru's Antamina mine suspends operation 9
4.10 Zinc Industry expects to produce 284,700t 9
4.11 MMG's zinc output down by 7% YOY in Q1 9
4.12 Zinc smelting project of 100,000t signed in Yilong New District of Qianxinan Prefecture 10
4.13 Shaanxi Zinc overhauls zinc ingot production line 10
4.14 Sihuan Zn&Ge overhauls zinc ingot production line 10
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Refined zinc producers' statistics 10
5.1.1 China's refined zinc producers' output up by about 4.6% MOM in Apr 10
5.1.2 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate records 79.31% in Apr 10
6 Customs Statistics 15
6.1 China's zinc concentrate and ore imports up by about 51.8% YOY in Mar 15
6.2 China's zinc ingot 99.995%min imports down by 58.3% YOY in Mar 15
7 Relevant Industry News 16
7.1 Overseas vehicle enterprises delay to return to work due to the epidemic 16
7.2 Auto sales down by 43.3% YOY in Mar 16
8 Market Outlook for Next Month 16
2 Economy and Policy 4
2.1 People's Bank of China decides to reduce deposit reserve ratio of small and medium-sized banks in April 2020 4
2.2 Peru extends state of emergency until April 26 amid COVID-19 outbreak 4
2.3 Super large lead-zinc deposit discovered in Hezhang, Guizhou 4
2.4 Yunnan supports key enterprises to engage in commercial purchasing and storage of nonferrous products 4
2.5 Gansu to purchase and store 436,000 tons of nonferrous metals 4
2.6 China's non-ferrous metals output of ten kinds up by 2.1% YOY in Q1 5
2.7 ILZSG: global zinc supply surplus increases to 130,100t in Feb 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Market Movements in China 5
3.1.1 Zinc ingot prices go up 5
3.1.2 TCs for zinc concentrate drop while prices rise significantly 6
3.1.3 Zinc die-casting alloy prices rise 7
3.1.4 Zinc oxide prices move up 7
3.1.5 Zinc powder prices go up 7
3.2 Market Movements Abroad 8
3.2.1 LME zinc prices fluctuate up 8
3.2.2 LME zinc stocks up sharply 8
4 Company News 8
4.1 Beishan Mining Development prematurely suspends lead-zinc concentrate production 8
4.2 Mitsui Mining and Smelting sees 5.8% drop in H1 refined zinc output 8
4.3 Luoping Zinc & Electricity to sell zinc solution to controlled subsidiary 8
4.4 Rongda Mining resumes lead-zinc concentrate production 8
4.5 Allway Mineral Technology resumes zinc concentrate production 9
4.6 Qianxin Mining unlikely to resume production in 2020 9
4.7 Boyuan Mineral resumes lead-zinc concentrate production 9
4.8 Xing'an Copper and Zinc to start maintenance on zinc ingot production line 9
4.9 Peru's Antamina mine suspends operation 9
4.10 Zinc Industry expects to produce 284,700t 9
4.11 MMG's zinc output down by 7% YOY in Q1 9
4.12 Zinc smelting project of 100,000t signed in Yilong New District of Qianxinan Prefecture 10
4.13 Shaanxi Zinc overhauls zinc ingot production line 10
4.14 Sihuan Zn&Ge overhauls zinc ingot production line 10
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Refined zinc producers' statistics 10
5.1.1 China's refined zinc producers' output up by about 4.6% MOM in Apr 10
5.1.2 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate records 79.31% in Apr 10
6 Customs Statistics 15
6.1 China's zinc concentrate and ore imports up by about 51.8% YOY in Mar 15
6.2 China's zinc ingot 99.995%min imports down by 58.3% YOY in Mar 15
7 Relevant Industry News 16
7.1 Overseas vehicle enterprises delay to return to work due to the epidemic 16
7.2 Auto sales down by 43.3% YOY in Mar 16
8 Market Outlook for Next Month 16
