Zinc Market Report February 2013
2013-03-15 18:38:49 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CIP up by 1.2, PPI down by 1.6% YOY January
1.1.2 Chinese PMT above the critical point in the fifth consecutive month
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 International crude oil futures price hikes and drop in February
1.2.2 European debt remains in a shadow US dollar index sees strong rebounds
1.2.3 Nonferrous metals prices to keep fluctuating with more global labile factors
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME keep decreasing in the second half of February
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Zinc concentrate market in sleep mode
2.2 Chinese zinc ingot prices decrease and the demand keeps weak
2.3 Galvanizing plants keep low operating rates
2.4 Few deals in die-casting zinc alloy market
2.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market dull
2.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market quiet
2.5.3 Zinc oxide 80-99.5% market weak
2.6.1 Superfine zinc powder plants’ operating rate decreases market sluggish
2.6.2 Metal zinc powder demand dull
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder market stagnate
2.7 Zinc chloride market steady
2.8 Zinc sulfate plants halted production deal activity rare
3.1 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate down by 4.5% in February
3.2 Zinc ingot stocks of zinc smelters increase by 19% in February
3.3 China’s die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate down greatly to 10.56% in February
3.4 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 33.9% in February
3.5 China’s zinc oxide stocks up slightly February
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in January 2013
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import down by 1.47% YOY in January 2013
4.3 China refined zinc import down by 25.16% MOM in January
4.4 China zinc oxide import down by 49.3% YOY in January
4.5 China zinc powder import down by 39.5% YOY in January
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers January 2013
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers January 2013
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers January 2013
4.9 Top eight Chines zinc powder importers January 2013
5.1 Jinshan Indium & Germanium stops zinc ingot production during Spring Festival holiday
5.2 Gansu Baohui to resume zinc ingot production in March
5.3 Huludao Zinc to increase zinc concentrate purchase volume in domestic market in 2013
5.4 Hanil Chemical halts zinc oxide production on February 6th
5.5 Xinsheng Zinc resumed metal zinc powder production after the Lantern Festival
5.6 Huaxing Smelter Industry sells 12,000t of zinc sulfate in 2012
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel daily production up by 10% MOM in January
6.2 Automobile marketing sale volume down in February
Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2011-2013
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2013
Picture 3 Futures prices of key contracts of American crude oil in February
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in January 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in February 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in February (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in February (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in February(RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in February(RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in February 2013
Picture 16 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers 2012-2013
Picture 17 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2013
Picture 18 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in February, 2013 (T)
Picture 19 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2013
Picture 20 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2013
Picture 21 China refined zinc export 2011-2013
Picture 22 China zinc oxide import volume in January
Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in January
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 2 Zinc ingot stocks of zinc smelters in February and January, 2013
Table 2 The stocks of zinc oxide plants in January and February
Table 3 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in January, 2013
Table 4 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013（Unit：Kg）
Table 5 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013（Unit：Kg）
Table 6 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in January, 2013
Table 7 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in January, 2013
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in January, 2013
Table 9 China’s top 8 zinc powder import companies in January, 2013
