Zinc Market Report March 2013
2013-04-18 08:32:46 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI up by 3.2% in February y-o-y, a new record in the past 10 months
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 International oil futures rebounding surprisingly in March
1.2.2 European debt crisis and QE of Japanese Yen pushing up US dollar in March
1.2.3 Worsening Cyprus’ crisis hitting nonferrous metals market
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME decrease greatly further
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Zinc concentrate supply sufficient
2.2 Chinese zinc ingot prices keep decreasing
2.3 Weak demand for galvanizing products
2.4 Die-casting zinc alloy market moves up gradually
2.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market sluggish
2.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market quiet
2.5.3 Zinc oxide 80-99.5% market dim
2.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market sluggish
2.6.2 Metal zinc powder market inactive
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder market runs slowly
2.7 Zinc chloride market dull and prices increase
2.8 Thin trading in zinc sulfate market
3.1 China zinc concentrate production down by 4.4% MOM in February 2013
3.2 China’s refined zinc production decreases obviously in January and February
3.3 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate up to 70.6% in March
3.4 China’s die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate increases to 43% in March
3.5 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate up to 44.4% in March
3.6 China’s zinc oxide stocks up slightly March
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in February 2013
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import down by 11.54% MOM in February 2013
4.3 Chinese refined zinc import down by 59.74% MOM in February
4.4 China zinc oxide import down by 39% YOY in February
4.5 China zinc powder import up by 14.7% MOM in February
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers February 2013
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers February 2013
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers February 2013
4.9 Top six Chines zinc powder importers February
5.1 Caijiaying to double lead-zinc ore throughout
5.2 Sihuan Electric Zinc reduces zinc ingot production for maintenance
5.3 Firestone Ventures releases assessment of lead-zinc-silver project
5.4 Tongxing Zinc Oxide ceases zinc oxide and zinc powder production
5.5 Maozhang Chemical to put into 5,000tpy of zinc chloride production on March 15th
5.6 Hebei Yuanda Animal Pharmaceutical to put into 4,500tpm of zinc sulfate production on 10th March
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel daily production touches the record high
6.2 Automobile marketing volume up in March
Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2011-2013
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2013
Picture 3 Prices trend of US oil futures main contracts
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in March 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in March 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in March (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in March (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in March(RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in March (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in March 2012
Picture 14 China zinc concentrate production 2011-2013
Picture 15 China refined zinc production 2011-2013
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 March, 2012 (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 February
Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in February
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 2 The stocks of zinc oxide plants in March and February
Table 3 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in February, 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 February, 2013
Table 7 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in February, 2013
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in February
Table 8 China’s top 8 zinc powder import companies in February 2013
