Zinc Market Report December 2013
2014-01-13 10:10:21 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI up by 3.0% while PPI down by 1.4% YOY in China in November
1.1.2 PMI down by 0.4% MOM in China in December
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Crude oil future prices up on political chaos in South Sudan
1.2.2 US dollar index fluctuates narrowly
2 International market interview
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1Trading flat in zinc concentrate market and zinc mines stop production in succession
3.2 Producers active in selling zinc ingot due to the increasing price
3.3 Die-casting zinc alloy demand softens
3.4.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market keeps stable
3.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stable consumers purchase normally
3.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99% market moves slowly
3.5.1 Super-fine zinc powder market shows divergent in different areas of China
3.5.2 Consumers purchase metal zinc powder normally
3.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder deals stable
3.6 Zinc chloride market keeps stable
3.7 Zinc sulfate market improves and supply tight
4.1 China’s zinc concentrate production up by 9.2% YOY in November 2013
4.2 China’s refined zinc production up by 0.91% MOM in November
4.3 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate down slightly to 74.85% in December
4.4 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks down by 28.08% MOM in December
4.5 China’s die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rate down to 45.19% in December
4.6 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 54.12% in December
4.7 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks up by 7.8% MOM in December
5 Import & Export data analysis
5.1 China’s import and export data of zinc by country in November 2013
5.2 China’s zinc concentrate import down by 13.41% MOM in November 2013
5.3 China’s refined zinc import up by 91.05% YOY in November
5.4 China’s zinc oxide import down by 3% MOM in November
5.5 China’s zinc powder import up by 9% MOM in November
5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers November 2013
5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers November 2013
5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers November 2013
5.9 Chines zinc powder importers November 2013
6.1 Youcheng Galvanized Steel Pipe’s 8 new production lines to begin production in early 2014
6.2 Yunnan Tin Group’s 100,000tpy zinc smelting project is postponed
6.3 Changba Lead Zinc Mine to double its mining and processing annual capacity to 3 million tons
6.4 Chifeng Zinc’s zinc smelting production up by 90,000t in 2013
6.5 Yangzhou Liuxin Zinc’s zinc oxide production up by 54.3% YOY in 2013
6.6 Weifang Longda Zinc 2013 zinc oxide production up by 25% YOY
7 Related industry developments
7.1 China’s crude steel output in November touches the record low in 2013
7.2 Automobile sales volume up by 21.17% YOY in November
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
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in December 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in December 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in Chinese spot market in December (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in December (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in December (RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in December (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in December 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 in 2013
Picture 17 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2013
Picture 18 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide plants in 2012-2013
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 22 China zinc oxide import volume in November
Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in November
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 2 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks in December
Table 3 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks in December
Table 4 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in November, 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 November, 2013
Table 8 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in November, 2013
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in November
Table 10 Chinese zinc powder import companies in November 2013
