Zinc Market Report March 2017
2017-04-18 17:20:53 【Print】
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Abstract 3
1 International market review 3
1.1 LME zinc prices fluctuate up 3
2 Domestic market review 3
2.1 Domestic supply for zinc concentrates tight 3
2.2 Domestic prices for zinc ingot fall down before rise 4
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy transactions stable 4
2.4 Zinc oxide market 5
2.4.1 Consumers of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced with zinc ingot make purchases as needed 5
2.4.2 Market of zinc oxide 99.7% produced with zinc slag sluggish 5
2.5 Zinc powder market sees sluggish transactions 6
3 Outputs and stocks data 6
3.1 Global zinc market sees supply shortage of 27,400t in Jan 2017 6
3.2.3 China’s zinc ingot output down by 5.6% MOM in March 6
3.3.3 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks up by 13.1% MOM in late March 7
4 Import and export data 7
4.1 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports down by 22.03% MOM in February 2017 7
4.2 China’s zinc imports and exports data in February 2017 8
4.3 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports details in Feb 2017 9
4.4 Top ten Chinese importers of zinc ore/concentrate (HS Code: 26080000) in Feb 2017 11
5 Company news 11
6 Market outlook 12
Graph 1 Spot settlement prices for LME zinc in Feb-Mar 2017 3
Graph 2 Zinc stocks on the LME in Feb-Mar 2017 3
Graph 3 Spot prices for zinc concentrate 50%min in South China in Feb-Mar 2017 4
Graph 4 Spot prices for SHG zinc ingot 99.995%min in China in Feb-Mar 2017 4
Graph 5 Spot prices for Zamak-3 zinc alloy in China in Feb-Mar 2017 5
Graph 6 Spot prices for Zamak-5 zinc alloy in China in Feb-Mar 2017 5
Graph 7 Prices for Chinese zinc oxide 99.7%min produced by zinc ingot in Feb-Mar 2017 5
Graph 8 Prices for Chinese zinc powder 96%min 500 mesh in Feb-Mar 2017 6
Graph 9 Chinese zinc ingot outputs by month 6
Graph 10 Chinese zinc ingot outputs by region 7
Graph 11 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks from 2016 to 2017 7
Graph 12 China’s zinc ore/concentrate/ore imports by month 7
Graph 13 China’s zinc ore/concentrate/ore imports by origin country 8
Table 1 Global zinc supply and demand condition in 2016-2017 6
Table 2 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore imports and exports in Feb 2017 (Unit: ton) 8
Table 3 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports by company in Feb 2017 9
Table 4 Top ten Chinese importers of zinc ore/concentrate in Feb 2017 11
1 International market review 3
1.1 LME zinc prices fluctuate up 3
2 Domestic market review 3
2.1 Domestic supply for zinc concentrates tight 3
2.2 Domestic prices for zinc ingot fall down before rise 4
2.3 Die-casting zinc alloy transactions stable 4
2.4 Zinc oxide market 5
2.4.1 Consumers of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced with zinc ingot make purchases as needed 5
2.4.2 Market of zinc oxide 99.7% produced with zinc slag sluggish 5
2.5 Zinc powder market sees sluggish transactions 6
3 Outputs and stocks data 6
3.1 Global zinc market sees supply shortage of 27,400t in Jan 2017 6
3.2.3 China’s zinc ingot output down by 5.6% MOM in March 6
3.3.3 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks up by 13.1% MOM in late March 7
4 Import and export data 7
4.1 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports down by 22.03% MOM in February 2017 7
4.2 China’s zinc imports and exports data in February 2017 8
4.3 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports details in Feb 2017 9
4.4 Top ten Chinese importers of zinc ore/concentrate (HS Code: 26080000) in Feb 2017 11
5 Company news 11
6 Market outlook 12
Graph 1 Spot settlement prices for LME zinc in Feb-Mar 2017 3
Graph 2 Zinc stocks on the LME in Feb-Mar 2017 3
Graph 3 Spot prices for zinc concentrate 50%min in South China in Feb-Mar 2017 4
Graph 4 Spot prices for SHG zinc ingot 99.995%min in China in Feb-Mar 2017 4
Graph 5 Spot prices for Zamak-3 zinc alloy in China in Feb-Mar 2017 5
Graph 6 Spot prices for Zamak-5 zinc alloy in China in Feb-Mar 2017 5
Graph 7 Prices for Chinese zinc oxide 99.7%min produced by zinc ingot in Feb-Mar 2017 5
Graph 8 Prices for Chinese zinc powder 96%min 500 mesh in Feb-Mar 2017 6
Graph 9 Chinese zinc ingot outputs by month 6
Graph 10 Chinese zinc ingot outputs by region 7
Graph 11 China’s zinc smelters’ stocks from 2016 to 2017 7
Graph 12 China’s zinc ore/concentrate/ore imports by month 7
Graph 13 China’s zinc ore/concentrate/ore imports by origin country 8
Table 1 Global zinc supply and demand condition in 2016-2017 6
Table 2 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore imports and exports in Feb 2017 (Unit: ton) 8
Table 3 China’s zinc ore/concentrate imports by company in Feb 2017 9
Table 4 Top ten Chinese importers of zinc ore/concentrate in Feb 2017 11
