Zinc Market Report January 2012
2012-03-13 17:43:42 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 CPI drops further in December and growth rate reaches 5.4% in 2011
1.2 PMI increases unexpectedly in January in China
1.3 Economic data improve in US
1.4 ECB issues liquidity and concerns on debt crisis decrease
2 International futures market review
2.1 Non-ferrous metals prices increase as oil & gold price remains high
2.2 Zinc futures on the LME rebounds greatly
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Few deals concluded in Chinese zinc concentrate market
3.2 Weak sentiment in zinc ingot market despite of the rising prices
3.3 Hot-galvanizing zinc alloy in oversupply situation
3.4 Zinc alloy casting plants stop production
3.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market kept quiet
3.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market kept quiet
3.5.3 Direct zinc oxide deals weak
3.6.1 Exceeded fine zinc powder market keeps quiet
3.6.2 Rare deals concluded in metal zinc powder market
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder market keeps flat
3.7 Zinc chloride market keeps quiet with stable price
3.8 Zinc sulfate producers halted production in succession
4.1 Major Chinese zinc smelters’ operating rate reaches 66.78% in January
4.2 Zinc oxide output dropped by 6.9% MOM in January
5 Import and export data of zinc in China
5.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in December, 2011
5.2 China zinc concentrate/ore import down by 9.28% YOY in 2011
5.3 China refined zinc import increases sharply by 111% MOM in December 2011
5.4 China zinc oxide import up by 35.6% MOM in December
5.5 China zinc powder and flake powder import up by 28.3% MOM in December
5.6 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in December 2011
5.7 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in November 2011
5.8 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in November 2011
5.9 China’s top 10 zinc powder import companies in November 2011
6.1 Glencore buys 50.04% of Namibia’s Rosh Pinah Zinc
6.2 Nyrstar Tennessee zinc mine halts production after an equipment fire
6.3 Sichuan Hongda reduces zinc smelting production for maintenance
6.4 Luoping Zinc & Electricity stops production for maintenance
6.5 Jiangxi Copper to put lead and zinc ingot into the market in Q1
6.6 Taizhou Keda Zinc Industry halted zinc oxide production
6.7 Antai Zinc halted zinc powder production
6.8 Zinc chloride enterprises stopped production in China
6.9 Jiangxi Baohai Zinc Industry zinc sulfate supply tight
7 Related industry developments
7.1 Crude steel output amounted to 52.16 million tons, up by 0.7% YOY in December
7.2 Production and sales volumes of auto increase MOM while decrease YOY in December
7.3 Global paint market deals weak in January
7.4 Paint market operated difficultly
Picture 1 Running chart of CPI and PPI in 2011
Picture 2 Price of gold in US in January, 2012
Picture 3 Price of crude oil in US in January, 2012
Picture 4 USD index in January, 2012
Picture 5 Zinc futures on the LME in January, 2012 (USD/t)
Picture 7 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in January (RMB/t)
Picture 8 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in January (RMB/t)
Picture 9 The price graph of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min in January
Picture 10 The price graph of 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in January
Picture 11 The price graph of industry grade zinc chloride 98%min in January
Picture 12 Major Chinese zinc smelters’ output by region in January, 2012 (Unit: t)
Picture 13 Major Chinese zinc oxide producers’ output by region in January, 2012
Picture 14 China zinc ore/concentrate import in 2009-2011
Picture 15 China refined zinc import volume from 2010 to 2011
Picture 16 China zinc oxide import in 2009-2011(Unit:kg)
Picture 17 China zinc powder and flake powder import volumes in 2009-2011
Table 1 Mainstream price of zinc oxide 99.7% produced from scrap in domestic market in January
Table 2 The operating rate of zinc ingot producers with different scales
Table 3 Data of refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/zinc ore in December
Table 4 Import volume of zinc oxide in 2009-1011 (Unit: kg)
Table 5 Import volume of zinc powder and flake powder in 2009-2011 (Unit: kg)
Table 6 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in December 2011
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in December 2011
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in December 2011
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc powder import companies in December 2011
