Zinc Market Report August 2016

Introduction 3
1 International market review 3
1.1 LME zinc prices spiral up 3
2 Domestic market review 3
2.1 Chinese zinc concentrate prices fluctuate up 3
2.2 Chinese zinc ingot prices up 5
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market weak 5
2.4 Zinc oxide market 6
2.4.Asian Metal Copyright2 China imports on zinc concentrate and ore up 9.Asian Metal Copyright1 Market for zinc oxide 99.7%min prices lack upward momentum 6
2.4.2 Activity flat for zinc oxide produced from zinc slag 7
2.5 Zinc powder market sees sluggish demand 7
3 Production and inventory data 8
3.1 Global refined zinc supply sees shortage of 18,300t in June 8
3.2 China's zinc ingot output up by 1.44% MOM in Aug 9
3.3 Chinese zinc ingot smelters’ stock down by 21.14% MOM in late August 10
4 Import & export data analysis 11
4.1 China’s zinc import and export data by country in July 11
4.2 China imports on zinc concentrate and ore up 9.74% MOM in July 12
4.3 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports in July 2016 13
4.4 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate imports in July 2016 15
5 Company news 16
6 Market outlook 16


Graph 1 Spot prices for LME zinc in Jul-Aug 2016 3
Graph 2 Zinc stocks on the LME in Jul-Aug 2016 3
Graph 3 Prices for zinc concentrate 50%min in South China in Jul-Aug 2016 4
Graph 4 Prices for zinc concentrate 55%min in North China in Jul-Aug 2016 4
Graph 5 Prices for SHG zinc ingot in Jul-Aug 2016 5
Graph 6 Chinese spot prices for Zamak-3 zinc alloy in Jul-Aug 2016 6
Graph 7 Chinese spot prices for Zamak-5 zinc alloy in Jul-Aug 2016 6
Graph 8 Prices for Chinese zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in Jul-Aug 2016 7
Graph 9 Prices for domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 96%min in Jul- Aug 2016 8
Graph 10 Monthly output for Chinese zinc ingot 9
Graph 11 Monthly output for Chinese zinc ingot by province . 9
Graph 12 Chinese zinc ingot producers who raise output on month-on-month basis 9
Graph 13 Chinese zinc ingot producers' operating rates by month 10
Graph 14 Chinese zinc smelters stocks movement from January 2015 to August 2016 Unit: day 10
Graph 15 Chinese zinc smelters de-stocking situation from January 2015 to August 2016 . 10


Table 1 World zinc supply and consumption in 2015-2016 9
Table 2 China's refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export data in July 2016: (Unit: tonnes) 11
Table 3 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports by company in July 13
Table 4 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers in July 2016 15

.Asian Metal Copyright1 China’s zinc import and export data by country in July 11 4Asian Metal Copyright