Zinc Market Report April 2012
2012-05-21 16:58:14 【Print】
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Contents
1.1.1 CPI declines to 3.4% in April in China
1.1.2 PMI continues to rise with declining growth rate in April
1.1.3 Industrial enterprise profits amounted to RMB1044.9 billion in Q1, down by 1.3% YOY
1.2 International finance and economy
1.2.1 Global manufacturing industry index for April
1.2.2 Global crude oil price fell with fluctuation
1.2.3 Us economy slowly recover with USD index slightly falling
1.2.4 Gold price slightly fluctuates in April
1.2.5 Zinc futures on the LME move up
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Trading sluggish in Chinese zinc concentrate market
3.2 Zinc ingot prices fluctuate narrowly and trading weak in China
3.3 HGI coil market moves slowly
3.4 Die-casting zinc alloy market stable
3.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market kept sluggish
3.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stable
3.5.3 Zinc oxide 80-99%min market quiet
3.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market remained sluggish
3.6.2 Metal zinc powder market kept dim
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder remained flat
3.7 Zinc chloride market slightly sluggish
3.8 Zinc sulfate market runs stably
4.1 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate decreases to 63.42% in April
4.2 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate down slightly to 47.38% in April
4.3 Zinc oxide output increased by 1.01% MOM in April
5 Import and export data of zinc in China
5.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in March, 2012
5.2 China zinc concentrate import down by 21.53% MOM in March 2012
5.3 China refined zinc import up by 20.18% YOY in March 2012
5.4 China zinc oxide import down by 5.9% MOM in March
5.5 China zinc powder import up by 9.4% MOM in March
5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers March 2012
5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers March 2012
5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers March 2012
5.9 Top ten Chines zinc powder importers March 2012
6.1 Hechi Nanfang resumes zinc ingot production in early April
6.2Yuguang Zinc reduces zinc ingot production
6.3 Xingan Copper & Zinc reduces zinc ingot production for maintenance
6.4 Baohui Group resumes zinc ingot production
6.5 Hanzhong Zinc reduces zinc ingot production
6.6 Xinyuan Zinc Oxide Industry ceases produces zinc oxide
6.7 Changjiu Zinc Industry expanded zinc oxide capacity
6.8 Anqiu Hengshan Chemical zinc oxide expansion project to start trial production in June
6.9 Dazheng Zinc reduced zinc powder production
7 Related industry developments
7.1 Crude steel output increases by 3.9% YOY in China in March
7.2 Automobile production and marketing volumes increased YOY and MOM in March
Picture 2 Chinese PMI from Jan 2011 to April 2012
Picture 3 US crude oil futures prices 2012
Picture 4 USDX trend in April,2012
Picture 5 International gold price in April, 2012
Picture 6 Zinc futures on the LME in April, 2012 (USD/t)
Picture 8 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in April (RMB/t)
Picture 9 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in April (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in April (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in April (RMB/t)
Picture 12 China zinc chloride 98%min price in April 2012
Picture 13 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers from January to April, 2012
Picture 14 Major Chinese zinc smelters’ output by region in April, 2012
Picture 15 Major Chinese zinc oxide’ output by region in April 2012 (T)
Picture 16 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2012
Picture 17 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2012
Picture 18 China zinc oxide import volume in March
Picture 19 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in March
Table 2 Operating rates of zinc ingot producers with different scales in April
Table 3 Data of refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/zinc ore in March,2012
Table 4 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012（Unit：Kg）
Table 5 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012（Unit：Kg）
Table 6 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in March 2012
Table 7 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in March 2012
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in March 2012
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc powder import companies in March 2012
