Zinc Market Report January 2013
2013-02-17 15:47:34 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 China’s CPI up by 2.5%, PPI down by 1.9% YOY in December 2012
1.1.2 China’s PMI declines steadily in January
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 International crude oil futures rebound rapidly in January
1.2.2 US dollar index declines with improved Europe situations
1.2.3 Global economy recovers in 2013, nonferrous metal market to perform well
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME continues to move up
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Few deals in zinc concentrate market
2.2 Chinese zinc ingot prices touch 10-month high but trading very weak
2.3 Galvanizing plants stop production gradually
2.4 Die-casting zinc alloy plants stop production but maintain the normal sales
2.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market runs stable
2.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market steady
2.5.3 Zinc oxide 80-99.5% market sluggish
2.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market stable
2.6.2 Metal zinc powder market active
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder market steady
2.7 Zinc chloride market steady
2.8 Zinc sulfate plants halted production in succession
3.1 China’s zinc concentrate production up by 12.9% in Jan-Dec 2012
3.2 China’s refined zinc production in December touches the record high in 2012
3.3 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate increases slightly in January
3.3 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate down by 4.25% MOM in January
3.4 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate up to 50% in January
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in December 2012
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import down by 33.86% YOY in Jan-Dec 2012
4.3 China refined zinc import up by 73.41% MOM in December
4.4 China zinc oxide import down by 14.1% MOM in December
4.5 China zinc powder import up by 49.9% MOM in December
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers December 2012
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers December 2012
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers December 2012
4.9 Top eight Chines zinc powder importers December 2012
5.1 Shaoguan Smelter plans to produce 160,000t of zinc and lead ingot in 2013
5.2 Western Mining to bring 100,000tpy zinc smelting project into production in July 2013
5.3 Boyuan Non-ferrous’s 100,000tpy of zinc smelting project goes slowly
5.4 Huili Zinc & Plumbum’s zinc smelting project proceeds slowly
5.5 Shizishan Mine achieves full production ramp-up on schedule
5.6 Zhenjiang Baishui Chemcial produces nearly 10,000t of zinc oxide in 2012
5.7 Seyang Chemcial Industry to halt zinc oxide production on February 6th
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel production increases by 7.7% YOY in December
6.2 Automobile marketing volume up in December
Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2011-2013
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2013
Picture 3 Futures prices of key contracts of American crude oil in January
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in January 2013 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in January 2013 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in December (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in January (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in January(RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in January (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in January 2012
Picture 14 China zinc concentrate production 2010-2012
Picture 15 China refined zinc production 2009-2012
Picture 16 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers 2012-2013
Picture 17 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate 2012-2013
Picture 18 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in January, 2012 (T)
Picture 19 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2010-2012
Picture 20 China refined zinc import volume 2010-2012
Picture 21 China refined zinc export 2010-2012
Picture 22 China zinc oxide import volume in December
Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in December
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 2 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in December, 2012
Table 3 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012（Unit：Kg）
Table 4 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012（Unit：Kg）
Table 5 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in December, 2012
Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in December, 2012
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in December2012
Table 8 China’s top 8 zinc powder import companies in December 2012
