Zinc Market Report July 2013
2013-08-13 15:19:41 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI up by 2.7% and PPI down by 2.7% YOY in June
1.1.2 PMI up slightly by 50.3% in July
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Crude oil prices up with turbulent political scene in Egypt
1.2.2 US dollar index fell back
1.2.3 Nonferrous metals prices hovered at lowest level and to rebound soon
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME decrease
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Stable trading and sufficient supply for zinc concentrate
2.2 Premiums for zinc ingot in spot market move up and trading stable
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market keeps sluggish
2.4.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market quiet and price keeps stable
2.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stable
2.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99.5% supply tight
2.5.1 Superfine zinc powder deal active
2.5.2 Metal zinc powder market sluggish
2.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder demand stable
2.6 Zinc chloride market keeps tepid
2.7 Zinc sulfate market no improvement and demand sluggish
3.1 China zinc concentrate production up by 13.4% YOY H1 2013
3.2 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate up to 72.86% in July
3.3 China’s die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate stable in July
3.4 Chinese zinc oxide producers’ operating rate up to 53.66% in July
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in June 2013
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import up by 52.21% YOY in June 2013
4.3 China refined zinc import down by 44.72% MOM in June
4.4 China zinc oxide import down by 15.2% MOM in June
4.5 China zinc powder import up by 8.5% MOM in June
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers June 2013
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers June 2013
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers June 2013
4.9 Top six Chines zinc powder importers June 2013
5.1 Baiyinnuoer Lead Zinc Mine’s expansion project to start operation in October
5.2 Qianxin Mining’s lead-zinc mine to start formal production in August
5.3 Guangdong Found Mining lead zinc mine to start commercial production in early 2014
5.4 Western Mining's net profit declines 20% in H1 2013
5.5 Nyrstar Group looks for buyers of 350,000t refined zinc
5.6 *ST Zinc Industry approved to postpone reorganization draft submission deadline by courts
5.7 Hebei Guluan Metal halts zinc oxide production in late July
5.8 Guizhou Fajing Zinc has no plan to put into zinc powder production in the second half of 2013
5.9 Hengyang Lihong Chemical halts zinc sulfate production
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel output up by 4.6% YOY in June
6.2 Automobile marketing volume up by 11.2% YOY in June
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 July 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in July 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in July (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in July (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in July (RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in July (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in July 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 July, 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 June
Picture 21 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in June
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 2 The production changes of some zinc smelters in July
Table 3 Stock of zinc oxide in different regions
Table 4 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in June, 2013
Table 5 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013（Unit：Kg）
Table 6 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2010 to 2013（Unit：Kg）
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in June, 2013
Table 8 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in June, 2013
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in June
Table 10 China’s top 6 zinc powder import companies in June 2013
