Monthly Zinc Market Report May 2019
2019-06-12 18:28:10 【Print】
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Content
1 Market Highlights 3
2 Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Economy and Policy in China 3
2.1.1 Trump raises tariffs on USD200bn of Chinese origin goods to 25% 3
2.1.2 China's ten non-ferrous metals' outputs up by 6.3% YOY in Q1 3
2.1.3 China to raise tariff on some U.S. goods 3
2.1.4 NDRC: China's output for 10 non-ferrous metals up by 4.9% YOY in Apr 3
2.2 Economy and Policy Abroad 4
2.2.1 ILZSG: World zinc market might see shortage in 2019 4
2.2.2 WBMS: Zinc market records surplus in Jan to Mar 2019 4
2.2.3 ILZSG: Zinc market records deficit of 44.5kt in Mar 2019 4
2.2.4 Russian zinc concentrate exported to China by CR Express for the first time 4
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Market Movements in China 5
3.1.1 Zinc ingot prices down further 5
3.1.2 TC for zinc concentrate up further 5
3.1.3 Zinc oxide market sees few transactions 6
3.1.4 Zinc powder prices down 6
3.1.5 Zinc die-casting alloy market sluggish 7
3.2 Market Movements Abroad 7
3.2.1 LME zinc prices slump 7
3.2.2 LME zinc stocks up largely 7
4 Company News 7
4.1 Luoping Zinc & Electricity to acquire two companies for RMB124mn 7
4.2 Taifeng Mining resumes zinc ingot production 7
4.3 Baohui Industry resumes zinc ingot production 8
4.4 Huludao Zinc Industry finishes lead-zinc production line maintenance 8
4.5 Qianxin Mining postpones resuming lead-zinc concentrate production 8
4.6 Mine profits and smelting production expected to contribute to Luoping Zinc & Electricity's profits in 2019 8
4.7 Western Mining overhauls zinc ingot production lines 8
4.8 Huasheng Industry and Trade resumes lead-zinc concentrate production 9
4.9 Changba Nonferrous Metal's Chengzhou Zinc Smelter suspends 9
5 Producers Statistics 9
5.1 China's refined zinc producers' output up by 0.5% MOM in May 9
5.2 China's refined zinc producers' stocks up by 24.4% MOM in late May 10
6 Customs Statistics 10
6.1 China's zinc concentrate and ore imports down by about 11.4% MOM in Apr 10
6.2 China's zinc ingot 99.995%min imports up by 75.3% MOM in Apr 11
7 Relevant Industry News 12
7.1 Vehicle sales down by 14.61% YOY in April, 2019 12
7.2 Taiwan issues preliminary determination in CVD of imports of Mainland China's plated or coated steel products with zinc or zinc-alloys 12
8 Market Outlook for Next Month 12
1 Market Highlights 3
2 Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Economy and Policy in China 3
2.1.1 Trump raises tariffs on USD200bn of Chinese origin goods to 25% 3
2.1.2 China's ten non-ferrous metals' outputs up by 6.3% YOY in Q1 3
2.1.3 China to raise tariff on some U.S. goods 3
2.1.4 NDRC: China's output for 10 non-ferrous metals up by 4.9% YOY in Apr 3
2.2 Economy and Policy Abroad 4
2.2.1 ILZSG: World zinc market might see shortage in 2019 4
2.2.2 WBMS: Zinc market records surplus in Jan to Mar 2019 4
2.2.3 ILZSG: Zinc market records deficit of 44.5kt in Mar 2019 4
2.2.4 Russian zinc concentrate exported to China by CR Express for the first time 4
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Market Movements in China 5
3.1.1 Zinc ingot prices down further 5
3.1.2 TC for zinc concentrate up further 5
3.1.3 Zinc oxide market sees few transactions 6
3.1.4 Zinc powder prices down 6
3.1.5 Zinc die-casting alloy market sluggish 7
3.2 Market Movements Abroad 7
3.2.1 LME zinc prices slump 7
3.2.2 LME zinc stocks up largely 7
4 Company News 7
4.1 Luoping Zinc & Electricity to acquire two companies for RMB124mn 7
4.2 Taifeng Mining resumes zinc ingot production 7
4.3 Baohui Industry resumes zinc ingot production 8
4.4 Huludao Zinc Industry finishes lead-zinc production line maintenance 8
4.5 Qianxin Mining postpones resuming lead-zinc concentrate production 8
4.6 Mine profits and smelting production expected to contribute to Luoping Zinc & Electricity's profits in 2019 8
4.7 Western Mining overhauls zinc ingot production lines 8
4.8 Huasheng Industry and Trade resumes lead-zinc concentrate production 9
4.9 Changba Nonferrous Metal's Chengzhou Zinc Smelter suspends 9
5 Producers Statistics 9
5.1 China's refined zinc producers' output up by 0.5% MOM in May 9
5.2 China's refined zinc producers' stocks up by 24.4% MOM in late May 10
6 Customs Statistics 10
6.1 China's zinc concentrate and ore imports down by about 11.4% MOM in Apr 10
6.2 China's zinc ingot 99.995%min imports up by 75.3% MOM in Apr 11
7 Relevant Industry News 12
7.1 Vehicle sales down by 14.61% YOY in April, 2019 12
7.2 Taiwan issues preliminary determination in CVD of imports of Mainland China's plated or coated steel products with zinc or zinc-alloys 12
8 Market Outlook for Next Month 12
