Zinc Market Report June 2014
2014-07-17 13:28:53 【Print】
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1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 China’s CPI up by 2.5% and PPI down by 1.4% YOY in May
1.1.2 China’s PMI up by 0.2% in June
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Crude oil futures prices increase with fluctuations
1.2.2 US dollar index declines after skyrocketing
2 International market overview
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Zinc concentrate prices climb up slightly in June
3.2 Zinc ingot prices rise, Chinese homebred zinc supply limited
3.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market continues to move down
3.4.1 Prices for zinc oxide produced from zinc ingots fluctuate frequently
3.4.2 Market for zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap slow
3.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99% market tepid
3.5.1 Fine zinc powder market active
3.5.2 Metal zinc powder market quiet
3.6 Zinc chloride market becomes slow
3.7 Zinc sulfate market sluggish
4.1 China’s zinc concentrate production up by 10.21% MOM in May
4.2 China’s refined zinc production up by 1.2% MOM in May
4.3 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate down to 73.49% in June
4.4 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks down by 16% MOM in late June
4.5 China’s die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rate down to 45% in June
4.6 China’s zinc oxide plants’ operating rate up to 47.16% in June
4.7 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks up by 28.8% MOM in late June
5 Import & export data analysis
5.1 China’s zinc import and export data by country in May
5.2 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports down by 14.79% MOM in May
5.3 China’s refined zinc imports down by 24.79% MOM in May
5.4 China’s zinc oxide imports up by 10.1% MOM in May
5.5 China’s zinc powder imports down by 34.3% MOM in May
5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers in May
5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers in May
5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers in May
5.9 Chinese zinc powder importers in May
6.1 Shaanxi Zinc to expand zinc smelting capacity to 200,000tpy in late August
6.2 Horsehead Corporation begins zinc production at new facility in Mooresboro, North Carolina
6.3 Wanguo Mining to expand its copper-lead-zinc mine production capacity to 900ktpy
6.4 Zijin Zinc resumes zinc ingot production in mid-June
6.5 Xinyuan Mining and Metallurgy’s 7,200tpy zinc oxide project to come on stream
6.6 Luoping Zinc & Electricity delays restarting zinc powder production
7 Related industry developments
7.1 China’s crude steel output up by 2.56% YOY in May
7.2 China’s automobile sales volume up by 8.5% YOY in May
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 June 2014
Picture 6 Zinc stocks on the LME in June 2014
Picture 7 Prices for zinc concentrate 50%min in South China in June 2014
Picture 8 Prices for zinc concentrate 55%min in North China in June 2014
Picture 9 Prices for SHG zinc ingot in June 2014
Picture 10 Prices for Zamak-3 zinc alloy in June 2014
Picture 11 Prices for rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in June 2014
Picture 12 Prices for 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in June 2014
Picture 13 Prices for industrial grade zinc chloride 98%min in June 2014
Picture 14 China’s zinc concentrate production 2011-2014
Picture 15 China’s refined zinc production 2011-2014
Picture 16 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate 2012-2014
Picture 17 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks November 2013-June 2014
Picture 18 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2014
Picture 19 China’s zinc oxide plants’ operating rate from 2012 to 2014
Picture 20 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks from January to June 2014
Picture 21 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports 2013-2014
Picture 22 China refined zinc imports 2011-2014
Picture 23 China zinc oxide imports 2013-2014
Picture 24 The origins of China’s zinc oxide imports in May 2014
Picture 25 China’s zinc oxide imports prices from 2012 to 2014
Picture 26 China’s zinc powder and flake powder imports from January to May 2014
Picture 27 Origins of China’s zinc powder and zinc flake powder imports from January to May 2014
Table 1 Prices for zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap
Table 2 Output changes of zinc smelters in June 2014
Table 4 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore imports and exports in May 2014
Table 5 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in May 2014
Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in May 2014
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in May 2014
