Zinc Market Report September 2015

Contents
Introduction 1
2 International market overview 1
3 Chinese domestic market review 3
3.1 Chinese zinc concentrate prices soften further during September 3
3.2 Zinc ingot prices edge down continuously, trading thin 5
3.3 Die-casting zinc alloy demand weak 6
3.4 Zinc oxide market 7
3.4.1 Trading for zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot thin 7
3.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stagnant 8
3.4.3 Zinc oxide 90-99% market dull 9
3.5 Zinc powder market 9
3.5.1 Super-fine zinc powder market sluggish 9
3.5.2 Metal zinc powder demand relatively stable 10
3.6 Zinc sulfate market sees no improvement 10
4 Production data 11
4.1 China’s zinc concentrate output down by 4.01% YOY in August 2015 11
4.2 China’s refined zinc output up by 4.8% MOM in August 12
4.3 Operating rate of China’s zinc smelters down to 77.87% in September 13
4.4 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks up by 12.07% MOM in late September 14
4.5 China’s die-casting zinc alloy plants’ operating rate up to 50.03% in September 15
4.6 Operating rate of China’s zinc oxide plants up to 47.21% in September 16
4.7 Stocks at China’s zinc oxide plants up by 7.55% MOM in late September 17
5 Import & export data analysis 18
5.1 China’s zinc import and export data by country in August 18
5.2 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports up by 102.53% YOY in August 2015 21
5.3 China’s refined zinc imports down by 1.96% MOM in August 2015 23
5.4 China’s zinc alloy imports down by 4.97% MOM in August 25
5.5 China’s zinc oxide imports down by 4.1% MOM in August 26
5.6 China’s zinc powder imports up by 47.7% MOM in August 2015 27
5.7 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers in August 29
6 Company news 29
6.1 Zijin plans to produce 210kt of lead and zinc and 169t of silver in 2015 29
6.2 Qinghua Mining’s lead-zinc concentrating mill to start operation in early 2016 30
6.3 Zhongkai’s lead-zinc mine to halt production in late October 30
6.4 Chihong Mining’s zinc smelter halts production on September 21th 30
6.5 Sanli Zinc halts production in mid-September 30
6.6 Western Mining 100,000tpy zinc smelting project comes on stream at the end of September 31
7 Related industry developments 31
7.1 China’s crude steel output down by 3.5% YOY in August 31
7.2 China’s automobile sales volume up by 3.41% YOY in August 31
8 Outlook for October 32

Picture 1 Three-month seller zinc on the LME in August-September 2
Picture 2 Zinc stocks on the LME in August-September 2
Picture 3 Prices for zinc concentrate 50%min in South China in August-September 2015 4
Picture 4 Prices for zinc concentrate 55%min in North China in August-September 2015 5
Picture 5 Prices for SHG zinc ingot in August-September 2015 6
Picture 6 Prices for Zamak-3 zinc alloy in August-September 2015 7
Picture 7 Prices for rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in August-September 2015 8
Picture 8 Prices for domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in August-September 2015 10
Picture 9 China’s zinc concentrate output Jan 2014-Jul 2015 11
Picture 10 China’s refined zinc output in 2014-2015 13
Picture 11 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate 2014-2015 14
Picture 12 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks in 2014-2015 15
Picture 13 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2014-2015 16
Picture 14 Operating rate of zinc oxide plants from 2014 to 2015 17
Picture 15 China’s zinc oxide plants’ stocks in 2014-2015 18
Picture 16 China zinc ore/concentrate imports 2014-2015 22
Picture 17 Zinc ore/concentrate imported by China from Australia and Peru between Jan 2014 and Aug 2015 23
Picture 18 China’s refined zinc imports in 2014-2015 24
Picture 19 China’s main refined zinc import origins in 2015 25
Picture 20 China’s zinc alloy imports in 2014-2015 25
Picture 21 China zinc oxide imports in 2014-2015 26
Picture 22 The origins of China’s zinc oxide imports in 2015 27
Picture 23 China zinc powder and zinc flake powder imports in 2014-2015 28
Picture 24 The origins of China’s zinc powder imports in 2015 28

Table 1 Prices for zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap 9
Table 2 The output changes of some zinc smelters in September 2015 13
Table 3 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in August 2015 18
Table 4 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in August 2015 29

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