Monthly Zinc Market Report Apr 2023

Contents

1 Market Highlights 4
2 Economy and Policy 5
2.1 Henan to accelerate transformation of secondary lead (zinc and copper) industry 5
2.2 WBMS: Global zinc market sees oversupply of 22,200t in Feb 5
2.3 ILZSG: Global refined zinc demand to rise by 2.1% to extend supply deficit in 2023 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Market Movements in China 5
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright3 Imported zinc concentrate 50%min TC 21 8.Asian Metal Copyright1 Zinc ingot 99.995%min 5
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright1 Henan to accelerate transformation of secondary lead zinc and copper industry 5 2.Asian Metal Copyright2 Zinc ingot 99.99%min 6
3.1.3 Zinc concentrate 50%min 6
3.1.4 Imported zinc concentrate 50%min 7
3.1.5 Zinc die-casting alloy 7
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright3% MOM in late Apr 15 5.Asian Metal Copyright6 Zinc oxide 99.7%min 8
3.1.7 Zinc powder 8
4 Company News 8
4.1 Yunnan Hualian Zinc & Indium to increase zinc concentrate production 8
4.2 Chengliang Alloys to put zinc alloy production equipment into operation 9
4.3 Ningbo Lvyi Alloy Material to cut zinc alloy production 9
4.4 Longyi Alloy to decrease zinc alloy production 9
4.5 Chengliang Alloy to increase zinc die-casting alloy production 9
5 Producers Statistics 9
5.1 Refined zinc producers statistics 9
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright5.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate records 76.74% in Apr 9
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's refined zinc producers' output up by 2.75% MOM in Apr 10
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's refined zinc Zn≥99.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's refined zinc producers' stocks down by 8.16% MOM in late Apr 10
5.2 Zinc die-casting alloy producers statistics 11
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' operating rate records 28.58% in Apr 11
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright3.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' output down by 16.31% MOM in Apr 11
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright4 Longyi Alloy to decrease zinc alloy production 9 4.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' stocks up by 19.07% MOM in late Apr 12
5.3 Zinc oxide producers statistics 12
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright4.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc oxide producers' operating rate records 46.98% in Apr 12
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright13% MOM in Apr 14 5.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc oxide producers' output down by 5.68% MOM in Apr 13
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's refined zinc producers' stocks down by 8.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc oxide producers' stocks up by 48.56% MOM in late Apr 13
5.4 Zinc powder producers statistics 14
5.4.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's refined zinc Zn≥99.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc powder producers' operating rate records 58.34% in Apr 14
5.4.Asian Metal Copyright4.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc powder producers' output up by 5.13% MOM in Apr 14
5.4.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc powder producers' stocks down by 0.3% MOM in late Apr 15
5.5 Zinc concentrate producers statistics 15
5.5.Asian Metal Copyright995%min 5 3.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc concentrate producers' operating rate records 54.91% in Apr 15
5.5.Asian Metal Copyright7%min 8 3.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc concentrate producers' output up by 5.77% in Apr 16
5.5.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's refined zinc producers' output up by 2.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc concentrate producers' stocks down by 21.13% MOM in late Apr 16
6 Consumers Statistics 17
6.1 China's refined zinc producers' zinc concentrate consumption up by 0.89% MOM in Apr 17
6.2 China's refined zinc producers' stocks of zinc concentrate down by 9.18% MOM in late Apr 17
7 Customs Statistics 18
7.1 China's zinc concentrate import volume decreased 31.89% MoM in Mar 2023 18
7.2 China's refined zinc (Zn≥99.Asian Metal Copyright7%min 21 8.Asian Metal Copyright995%) export volume declined 93.24% YoY in Mar 2023 19
7.3 China's refined zinc (Zn≥99.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate records 76.Asian Metal Copyright995%) import volume increased 275.38% YoY in Mar 2023 20
8 Market Outlook for Next Month 21
8.1 Zinc ingot 99.995%min 21
8.2 Zinc concentrate 50% 21
8.3 Imported zinc concentrate 50%min TC 21
8.4 Zinc die-casting alloy 21
8.5 Zinc oxide 99.7%min 21
8.6 Zinc powder 96%min 325mesh 22


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