Zinc Market Report June 2013
2013-07-12 19:57:36 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI up 2.1% PPI up 2.9% YOY in May
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Futures prices of crude oil pushed up by multiple positive news
1.2.2 US dollar index bottoms out
1.2.3 Liquidity crisis hits weak nonferrous metals market
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME decrease
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Trading stable in zinc concentrate market
2.2 Zinc ingot prices drop and many zinc smelters make maintenance
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market continues to move down
2.4.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market stable but demand weak
2.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap price firm but demand sluggish
2.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99.5% supply tight and price increases
2.5.1 Superfine zinc powder market quiet
2.5.2 Metal zinc powder market inactive and price keeps at a low level
2.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder demand stable
2.6 Zinc chloride market enters to sluggish period
2.7 Zinc sulfate market no improvement
3.1 China zinc concentrate production up by 18.4% YOY May 2013
3.2 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate down slightly in June
3.3 China’s die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate down by 1.51% in June
3.4 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate up to 48.99% in June
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in May 2013
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import up by 65.38% YOY in May 2013
4.3 China refined zinc import up by 23.73% MOM in May
4.4 China zinc oxide import down by 0.85% MOM in May
4.5 China zinc powder import up by 7.4% MOM in May
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers May 2013
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers May 2013
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers May 2013
4.9 Top Ten Chines zinc powder importers May
5.1 Hechi Nanfang Non-ferrous resumes zinc ingot production in early June
5.2 Zijin Zinc’s zinc ingot production drops by 50% in June
5.3 Shanxi Zinc to begin maintenance on July 10
5.4 Xing’an Copper & Zinc to begin maintenance of zinc smelter in July
5.5 Shanghai Oucheng Zinc Industry to release new zinc oxide capacity of 6,000tpy
5.6 Nanjing Shuangxiu Zinc Oxide to enlarge zinc oxide production by 3,000tpy to 10,000tpy
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel output up by 7.3% YOY in May
6.2 Automobile marketing volume up by 9.81% YOY in May
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 June 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in June 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in June (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in June (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in June (RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in June (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in June 2013
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 June, 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 May
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 May, 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 May, 2013
Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in May, 2013
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in May
Table 8 China’s top 8 zinc powder import companies in May 2013
