Zinc Market Report August 2013
2013-09-10 18:29:31 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI up by 2.7% while PPI down by 2.3% Y-O-Y in July
1.1.2 PMI increased further to 51.0%
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Crude oil prices to go up with volatile situation in Syria
1.2.2 USD index fluctuate slightly
1.2.3 Zinc futures on LME rebound
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Suppliers active in selling zinc concentrate at higher price
2.2 Zinc ingot price up but demand remains weak
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market bottoms out
2.4.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot price increases and demand no improvement
2.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap price rise slightly
2.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99.5% demand active and price stable
2.5.1 Superfine zinc powder market weak
2.5.2 Metal zinc powder market quiet
2.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder demand stable
2.6 Zinc chloride demand stable and price increases slightly
2.7 Zinc sulfate market improvement in hopeless
3.1 China zinc concentrate production down by 10.84% MOM in July 2013
3.2 China refined zinc production up by 10.88% YOY in the first seven months of 2013
3.3 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate down to 68.3% in August
3.4 China’s die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate up slightly in August
3.5 Chinese zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 52.72% in August
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in July 2013
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import up by 78.35% YOY in July 2013
4.3 China refined zinc import down by 9.8% MOM in July
4.4 China zinc oxide import up by 43.7% MOM in July
4.5 China zinc powder import down by 17.4% MOM in July
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers July 2013
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers July 2013
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers July 2013
4.9 Top six Chines zinc powder importers July 2013
5.1 Hualian Zinc & Indium zinc mining project to start operation in September
5.2 Jinwang Mining to double zinc production late 2013
5.3 Trevali starts zinc lead & silver production at Peru mine
5.4 Zijin 3.3 million ton low grade lead-zinc mining project to start operation in early September
5.5 Chifeng NFC Zinc stops zinc ingot production for maintenance
5.6 Lead and zinc production of Zhuzhou Smelter increases by 13.9% in H1 of 2013
5.7 Xuzhou Dongxin Zinc halts zinc oxide 90-99% production due to environmental pollution
5.8 Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet ceases metal zinc powder production
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel output up by 6.2% YOY in July
6.2 Automobile marketing volume down in July
Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2011-2013
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2013
Picture 3 Futures prices of crude oil in US in August
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in August 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in August 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in August (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in August (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in August (RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in August (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in August 2013
Picture 14 China zinc concentrate production 2011-2013
Picture 15 China refined zinc production 2012-2013
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 16 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in August, 2013 (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 20 China zinc oxide import volume in July
Picture 21 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in July
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 3 Stock of zinc oxide in different regions
Table 4 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in July, 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 July, 2013
Table 8 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in July, 2013
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in July
Table 10 China’s top 6 zinc powder import companies in July 2013
