Monthly Zinc Market Report Apr 2022

1 Market Highlights 2
2 Economy and Policy 2
2.1 Five inspection teams carry out onsite work for second round of environmental protection inspection 2
2.2 Peru's zinc production down by 12.8% YOY in Feb 2
2.3 MEE: Permit-consistent emission policy to cover all industries in China by end of 2025 2
2.4 GACC: China's total I/E value up by 10.7% in Q1 2
2.5 Kazakhstan's refined zinc output down by 5.4% YOY in Q1 3
2.6 MIIT announces second batch of copper, aluminum, zinc, lead and magnesium producers compliant with industry norms 3
3 Market Movements 3
3.1 Market Movements in China 3
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright4.Asian Metal Copyright1 Zinc ingot 99.995%min 3
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright1 Five inspection teams carry out onsite work for second round of environmental protection inspection 2 2.Asian Metal Copyright2 Zinc ingot 99.99%min 4
3.1.3 Zinc concentrate 50% 4
3.1.4 Imported zinc concentrate 50%min 4
3.1.5 Zinc die-casting alloy 5
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' stocks down by 14.Asian Metal Copyright6 Zinc oxide 99.7%min 5
3.1.7 Zinc powder 5
4 Company News 6
4.1 Xinjiang Xituo Mining to resume zinc concentrate production 6
4.2 Hindustan Zinc reports best-ever mined metal production in FY22 6
4.3 Genhe Villa Mining to restart the production of lead& zinc concentrate output 6
4.4 Ningbo Jinyi Alloy Material to reduce zinc alloy production 6
4.5 Danke Zinc suspends zinc oxide output 7
4.6 Zhejiang Sigma suspends zinc alloy production 7
4.7 Hunan Taifeng Group restarts zinc ingot production 7
4.8 Xinyi Mining to restart lead& zinc concentrate production 7
4.9 Anqiu Hengshan Zinc Industry halts zinc oxide production 7
4.10 Atalaya Mining provides new mineral resource estimates for San Dionisio and San Antonio Cu-Zn-Pb deposits 7
4.11 Western Mining forms annual production capacity of 100,000 tons of lead ingot and zinc ingot in 2021 8
4.12 Shenzhen Zengke Alloy to increase zinc alloy output 8
4.13 Xingan Copper& Zinc Smelting to restart zinc ingot production 8
5 Producers Statistics 8
5.1 Refined zinc producers statistics 8
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate records 79.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate records 79.57% in April 8
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc concentrate producers' stocks up by 1.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's refined zinc producers' output up by 2.47% MOM in April 9
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's refined zinc producers' stocks down by 2.36% MOM in late April 9
5.2 Zinc die-casting alloy producers statistics 10
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright47% MOM in April 9 5.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' operating rate records 38.05% in April 10
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright3 Zinc oxide producers statistics 11 5.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' output down by 2.56% MOM in April 10
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright32% in late April 14 5.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' stocks down by 14.55% MOM in late April 11
5.3 Zinc oxide producers statistics 11
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright3 MEE: Permit-consistent emission policy to cover all industries in China by end of 2025 2 2.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc oxide producers' operating rate records 56.85% in April 11
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright4.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc oxide producers' output up by 8.82% MOM in April 12
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc concentrate and ore imports down by about 29.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc oxide producers' stocks up by 15.44% MOM in late April 12
5.4 Zinc powder producers statistics 13
5.4.Asian Metal Copyright4 Ningbo Jinyi Alloy Material to reduce zinc alloy production 6 4.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc powder producers' operating rate records 57.83% in April 13
5.4.Asian Metal Copyright4.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc powder producers' output up by 1.84% MOM in April 13
5.4.Asian Metal Copyright7%min 5 3.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc powder producers' stocks increased by 26.32% in late April 14
5.5 Zinc concentrate producers statistics 14
5.5.Asian Metal Copyright4 GACC: China's total IE value up by 10.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc concentrate producers' operating rate records 52.66% in April 14
5.5.Asian Metal Copyright63% MOM in late April 16 7 Customs Statistics 17 7.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc concentrate producers' output up by about 28.73% in April 15
5.5.Asian Metal Copyright9 Anqiu Hengshan Zinc Industry halts zinc oxide production 7 4.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc concentrate producers' stocks up by 1.52% MOM in late April 15
6 Consumers Statistics 16
6.1 China's refined zinc producers' zinc concentrate consumption up by 1.93% MOM in April 2022 16
6.2 China's refined zinc producers' stocks of zinc concentrate down by 3.63% MOM in late April 16
7 Customs Statistics 17
7.1 China's zinc concentrate and ore imports down by about 29.26% MOM in Mar 2021 17
7.2 China's zinc ingot 99.Asian Metal Copyright4.Asian Metal Copyright995%min imports down by 27.91% MOM in Mar 2022 18
8 Market Outlook for Next Month 19

.Asian Metal Copyright57% in April 8 5Asian Metal Copyright