Zinc Market Report May 2013
2013-06-14 10:03:02 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI increases by 2.4% year-on-year while PPI decreases by 2.6 year-on-year in April
1.1.2 PMI in May increases by 0.2% from April
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 International crude oil price sees fluctuation in May
1.2.2 US dollar index strongly rebounds
1.2.3 Nonferrous metals industry enters weak cycle
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME increase and inventory in decline trend
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Zinc concentrate prices increase but trading inactive
2.2 Zinc ingot prices rise slightly but supply decreases in spot market
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market begins to move down in May
2.4.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market sluggish
2.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap price firm but market sluggish
2.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99.5% market improvement
2.5.1 Superfine zinc powder market runs slowly
2.5.2 Metal zinc powder market inactive
2.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder demand stable
2.6 Zinc chloride market dull and prices keep at a low level
2.7 Zinc sulfate market sluggish and some producers halt production
3.1 China zinc concentrate production up by 15.27% YOY April 2013
3.2 China’s refined zinc production down by 3% MOM in April
3.3 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate up by 1.31% in May
3.4 China’s die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate down by 1.42% in May
3.5 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 41.32% in May
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in April 2013
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import doubles in April 2013
4.3 China refined zinc import up by 53.88% YOY in April
4.4 China zinc oxide import up by 40.2% MOM in April
4.5 China zinc powder import down by 10.5% MOM in April
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers April 2013
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers April 2013
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers April 2013
4.9 Top eight Chines zinc powder importers April
5.1 Guizhou Rongda lead zinc mine to start operation in August
5.2 Dongshengmiao Lead-Zinc Mine’s expansion project to start operation in late 2014
5.3 Jiashengpan mulls to expand lead-zinc mining production capacity
5.4 Hanzhong Zinc reduces zinc ingot production for maintenance
5.5 Hechi Nanfang stops zinc ingot production for maintenance
5.6 Taifeng Group increases zinc ingot production
5.7 Zouping Huiyuan Chemical to expand zinc oxide production capacity to 10,000tpy
5.8 Gaoyang Tianyang Zinc Chloride halts zinc chloride production
5.9 Changning Yanjiang Zinc to expand zinc sulfate production to 30,000tpy
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel output up by 6.8% YOY in April
6.2 Automobile marketing volume down further in April
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 May 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in May 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in May (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in May (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in May(RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in May (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 May, 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 April
Picture 21 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in April
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 April, 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 April, 2013
Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in April, 2013
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in April
Table 8 China’s top 8 zinc powder import companies in April 2013
