Zinc Market Report October 2016

Content
Introduction 3
1 International market review 3
1.1 LME zinc prices fluctuate up 3
2 Domestic market review 3
2.1 Chinese zinc concentrate prices fluctuate up 3
2.2 Chinese zinc ingot prices up strongly 4
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy market to maintain status quo 5
2.4 Zinc oxide market 6
2.4.Asian Metal Copyright7%min from zinc ingot in Sep-Oct 2016 6 Graph 9 Prices for Chinese 325 mesh zinc powder 96%min in Sep-Oct 2016 7 Table 1 Global zinc supply and demand from 2015 to 2016 8 Table 2 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrateore imports and exports in September 2016: Unit: tonnes 11 Table 3 China’s zinc oreconcentrate imports by company in September 13 Table 4 China’s top 10 zinc oreconcentrate importers in September 2016 16 .Asian Metal Copyright1 Prices for zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc ingot hard to rise 6
2.4.2 Prices for zinc oxide produced from zinc slag also rise 6
2.5 Zinc powder market stable 7
3 Production and inventory data 7
3.1 Global zinc supply sees a deficit of 7,400t in August of 2016 7
3.2 China’s zinc ingot output up by 5.1% MOM in October 8
4 Import & export data analysis 10
4.1 China's imports for zinc concentrate and ore up by 64.51% MOM in Sep 10
4.2 China’s zinc import and export data by country in September 11
4.3 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports in September 2016 13
5 Company news 16
6 Market outlook 16


Graph 1 Spot prices for LME zinc in Sep-Oct 2016 3
Graph 2 Zinc stocks on the LME in Sep-Oct 2016 3
Graph 3 Spot prices for zinc concentrate 50%min in South China in Sep-Oct 2016 4
Graph 4 Spot prices for zinc concentrate 55%min in North China in Sep-Oct 2016 4
Graph 5 Prices for SHG zinc ingot in Sep-Oct 2016 5
Graph 6 Chinese spot prices for Zamak-3 zinc alloy in Sep-Oct 2016 6
Graph 7 Chinese spot prices for Zamak-5 zinc alloy in Sep-Oct 2016 6
Graph 8 Prices for Chinese zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in Sep-Oct 2016 6
Graph 9 Prices for Chinese 325 mesh zinc powder 96%min in Sep-Oct 2016 7


Table 1 Global zinc supply and demand from 2015 to 2016 8
Table 2 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore imports and exports in September 2016: (Unit: tonnes) 11
Table 3 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports by company in September 13
Table 4 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate importers in September 2016 16

.Asian Metal Copyright2 China’s zinc ingot output up by 5Asian Metal Copyright