Monthly Tin Market Report Feb 2018

Contents
1. Market Hights 5
2 Economy and Policy 5
2.1 The exchange rate of CNY against the USD breaks a new high in the past two years and a half 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese market 5
3.1.1 Chinese tin ingot market sees limited deals 5
3.1.2 Chinese tin concentrate market sees limited deals 5
3.2 International market 6
3.2.1 Top ten refined tin producers in 2017 6
3.2.2 Indonesian Timah expects tin output to increase by 18% in 2018 6
3.2.3 LME tin prices down with fluctuating trend 6
4 Company News 7
4.1 Dajin tin-zinc mine of Yingu Technology to resume tin ore production in April 7
4.2 Nanshan Tin to reduce tin ingot output in February 7
4.3 China Tin Group resumes normal production of tin ingot 7
4.4 Weitai Tin produces no refined tin in February 7
4.5 Jinshunda Tin to resume refined tin production in late February 7
4.6 Zhenghao Tin plans to resume refined tin production in early March 7
4.7 Xiaoshan Tin resumes refined tin production 7
4.8 New Nanshan Technology to resume refined tin production 8
4.9 Yunfan Nonferrous starts to produce refined tin 8
4.10 Yuansheng Tin puts refined tin into production 8
4.11 Huaxing Mining postpones resuming tin concentrate production to early April 8
4.12 Fangyuan (De'an) Mining resumes tin concentrate production after Spring Festival 8
5 Producers Statistics 8
5.1 WBMS: Global tin market sees 17,700t of tin shortage in 2017 8
5.2 China's tin ingot output down by 10.01% MOM in February 2018 8
5.3 Chinese smelters' tin ingot stocks up by 20.05% MOM in late Feb 9
5.4 Chinese tin ingot producers' sales down by 24.56% MOM in Feb 2018 9
6 Customs Statistics 10
6.1 Refined tin exports of Indonesia up by 59.98% MOM in Feb 10
6.2 China's tin ore imports up by 41.54% YOY in Jan 2018 10
6.3 China's refined tin and tin alloy imports down by 55.21% YOY in January 10
7 Relevant Industry News 11
7.1 Nissan applies for patents of tin in silicon titanium alloys used in lithium-ion batteries. 11
8 Market Outlook for Next Month 11

Graph Content

Graph 1 Chinese spot tin prices trend from Jan to Feb (EXW; RMB/ton) 5
Graph 2 Price trend of Chinese tin concentrate 60%min from Jan to Feb (EXW; RMB/ metal ton) 6
Graph 3 Prices for three-month LME tin contracts from Jan to Feb 2018 (USD/ton) 6
Graph 4 Stocks for three-month LME tin contracts from Jan to Feb 2018 (ton) 6
Graph 5 China's tin ingot output by month from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (ton) 8
Graph 6 China's tin ingot output by region from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (ton) 9
Graph 7 China's monthly stocks of tin ingot from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (t) 9
Graph 8 China's tin ingot stocks from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 by province (t) 9
Graph 9 Chinese tin ingot producers' monthly sales from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (t) 9
Graph 10 China's tin ingot sales from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 by province (t) 10
Graph 11 China's tin ore imports by month from Jan 2017 to Jan 2018 (t) 10
Graph 12 China's Burmese tin ore imports by month from Jan 2017 to Jan 2018 (t) 10
Graph 13 Monthly imports for refined tin and tin alloy in China from Jan 2017 to Jan 2018 (ton) 10
Graph 14 Data on imports and exports of refined tin and tin alloy in China in January (ton) 10

Chart 1 China's tin ore imports in January (ton) 10
Chart 2 Statistics on refined tin and tin alloy imports and exports in January (ton) 11



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