Zinc Market Report April 2013
2013-05-17 15:04:13 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI increases by 2.1% YOY while PPI decreases by 1.9% YOY
1.1.2 PMI in April decreases by 0.3% from March
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 International crude oil price sees fluctuation in April
1.2.2 US dollar index stabilizes at high level
1.2.3 FED cancels quantitative easing policies, hitting nonferrous metals market
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME keep moving at low level
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Zinc concentrate trading slows down
2.2 Drastic fluctuations of zinc ingot price and weak trading in the market
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market moves up slightly in April
2.4.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market slightly sluggish
2.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market quiet
2.4.3 Zinc oxide 80-99.5% market weak
2.5.1 Superfine zinc powder market runs slowly
2.5.2 Metal zinc powder market dull
2.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder demand stable
2.6 Zinc chloride market dull and prices decrease slightly
2.7 Zinc sulfate market no improvement
3.1 China zinc concentrate production up by 6.14% YOY in Q1 2013
3.2 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate almost unchanged in April
3.3 China’s die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate up by 2.6% in April
3.4 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate up to 47.85% in April
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in March 2013
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import down by 21.08% YOY in Q1 2013
4.3 China refined zinc import touches 46 months high in March
4.4 China zinc oxide import up by 38.1% MOM in March
4.5 China zinc powder import up by 39.7% MOM in March
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers March 2013
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers March 2013
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers March 2013
4.9 Top six Chines zinc powder importers March
5.1 Chengzhou Zinc to bring zinc smelting expansion project into production in late April
5.2 Jinhe Mining closes 80,000tpy zinc smelter
5.3 Zhangzhou Sigma restarts zinc alloy production
5.4 Luoping Zinc & Electricity reduces zinc ingot production for power shortage
5.5 Western Mining delays the production plan of 100,000tpy zinc smelting project
5.6 Hebei Aushin Zinc ceases zinc oxide production
5.7 Runzi Chemical halts zinc sulfate production for two months
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel output up by 6.6% YOY to 66.3 million tons in March
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 April 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in April 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in April (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in April (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in April (RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in April (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in April 2012
Picture 14 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers 2012-2013
Picture 15 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2013
Picture 16 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in April, 2013 (T)
Picture 17 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2013
Picture 18 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2013
Picture 19 China refined zinc export 2011-2013
Picture 20 China zinc oxide import volume in March
Picture 21 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in March
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 2 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in March, 2013
Table 3 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013（Unit：Kg）
Table 4 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013（Unit：Kg）
Table 5 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in March, 2013
Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in March, 2013
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in March
Table 8 China’s top 8 zinc powder import companies in March 2013
