Zinc Market Report May 2014
2014-06-12 18:52:20 【Print】
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1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 China’s CPI up by 1.8%, PPI down by 2.6% YOY in April
1.1.2 China’s PMI continues to rebound in May
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Crude oil futures prices rebound slightly
2 International market overview
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Zinc concentrate market stable in May
3.2 Zinc ingot prices trend stable, zinc smelters in North China reduce production
3.3 Die-casting zinc alloy demand softens
3.4.1 Price growth for zinc oxide produced from zinc ingots slow, trading stable
3.4.2 Market for zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap stable
3.4.3 Zinc oxide market sees no improvement
3.5.1 Fine zinc powder market continues to improve
3.5.2 Supply of metal zinc powder limited
3.6 Zinc chloride market stable
3.7 Zinc sulfate export market quiet
4.1 China zinc concentrate production down by 5.2% YOY in April 2014
4.2 China’s refined zinc production up by 3.74% MOM in April
4.3 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate up to 75.27% in May
4.4 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks down by 18.28% MOM in late May
4.5 China’s die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rate down to 47.72% in May
4.6 China’s zinc oxide plants’ operating rate down to 46.57% in May
4.7 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks up by 3% MOM in late May
5 Import & export data analysis
5.1 China’s zinc import and export data by country in April
5.2 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports down by 21.14% YOY in April 2014
5.3 China’s refined zinc imports down slightly by 5.02% MOM in April
5.4 China’s zinc oxide imports up by 23.3% MOM in April
5.5 China’s zinc powder imports up by 8.5% MOM in April
5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers in April
5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers in April
5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers in April
5.9 Chinese zinc powder importers in April
6.1 Luoping Zinc & Electricity resumes zinc ingot production
6.2 Yuguang Gold & Lead reduces zinc ingot production for maintenance in late May
6.3 Zijin Zinc reduces zinc ingot production for maintenance in mid-May
6.4 Hanzhong Zinc reduces zinc ingot production for maintenance in late May
6.5 Qianxin Mining’s lead-zinc mine resumes production in June
6.6 Huludao Zinc restarts its lead-zinc imperial smelting furnace
6.7 Liziping lead-zinc-silver mine to be launched in H2 2014
6.8 Xingyuan Zinc Industry’s 10,000tpy of zinc oxide project comes on stream
6.9 Yanggu Zhongtian’s 7,500tpy of zinc chloride project comes on stream
7 Related industry developments
7.1 China’s crude steel output up by 2.2% YOY in April
7.2 China’s automobile sales volume up by 8.81% YOY in April
Picture 1 China’s CPI and PPI trend 2012-2014
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2012-2014
Picture 3 Futures prices of crude oil in US in 2014
Picture 4 USD index chart 2014
Picture 5 Three-month seller zinc on the LME in May 2014
Picture 6 Zinc stocks on the LME in May 2014
Picture 7 Prices for zinc concentrate 50%min in South China in May 2014
Picture 8 Prices for zinc concentrate 55%min in North China in May 2014
Picture 9 Prices for SHG zinc ingot in May 2014
Picture 10 Prices for Zamak-3 zinc alloy in May 2014
Picture 11 Prices for rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in May 2014
Picture 12 Prices for domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in May 2014
Picture 13 Prices for industry grade zinc chloride 98% in May 2014
Picture 14 China’s refined zinc production 2011-2014
Picture 15 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate 2012-2014
Picture 16 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2014
Picture 17 China’s zinc oxide plants’ operating rate from 2012 to 2014
Picture 18 China zinc ore/concentrate imports 2013-2014
Picture 19 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2014
Picture 20 China zinc oxide import 2013-2014
Picture 21 The origins of China’s zinc oxide imports in April 2014
Picture 22 China’s zinc oxide imports prices from 2012 to 2014
Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume 2013-2014
Picture 24 origins of China’s zinc powder and zinc flake powder imports in April 2014
Picture 25 China’s zinc powder and zinc flake powder import prices from 2012 to 2014
Table 1 Prices for zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap
Table 2 Output changes of zinc smelters in April 2014
Table 3 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks from January to May 2014
Table 4 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore imports and exports in April 2014
Table 5 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in April 2014
Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in April 2014
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in April 2014
