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  • Zinc Market Report July 2012

    2012-08-15 18:01:23   【Print】
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    Contents

    Introduction. 1

    1 Macro-economy news. 1

    1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview. 1

    1.1.1 CPI reached the bottom line for the past 24 months in June. 1

    1.1.2 PMI in July in China. 2

    1.1.3 Nonferrous metal prices rebounded due to stimulating policy expectation. 3

    1.2 International financial overview. 3

    1.2.1 Crude oil prices increased with fluctuations in the international market in June  3

    1.2.2 USD index increased slightly. 4

    1.2.3 LME zinc drops with fluctuations in July. 5

    2 Chinese domestic market review. 6

    2.1 Poor circulation in Chinese zinc concentrate market 6

    2.2 Trading inactive in Chinese zinc ingot market 8

    2.3 Galvanization market declines obviously in South China. 8

    2.4 Die-casting zinc alloy market continues to move down. 9

    2.5 Zinc oxide market 10

    2.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market slightly sluggish. 10

    2.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stable. 11

    2.5.Asian Metal Copyright6 zinc powder market 12 2.Asian Metal Copyright3 Consumers reduced zinc oxide 80-99.5%min production. 11

    2.6 zinc powder market 12

    2.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market dull and prices low. 12

    2.6.2 Metal zinc powder market kept dull 13

    3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder slightly sluggish. 13

    2.7 Zinc chloride market quiet 13

    2.8 Zinc sulfate market no sign of improving. 14

    3 Monthly output data. 15

    3.1 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate almost unchanged in July. 15

    3.2 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate touches 5-month low in July  16

    3.3 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 45.34% in July. 17

    4 Import and export data of zinc in China. 18

    4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in June 2012. 18

    4.2 China zinc concentrate import up by 30.90% MOM in June 2012. 20

    4.3 China refined zinc import up by 52.38% MOM in June 2012. 21

    4.4 China zinc oxide import down by 38.2% MOM in June. 22

    4.5 China zinc powder import up greatly by 118.1% MOM in June. 24

    4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers June 2012. 25

    4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers June 2012. 26

    4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers June 2012. 26

    4.9 Top ten Chines zinc powder importers June 2012. 27

    5 Company news. 28

    5.1 Chihong’s new lead smelting project being debugged in Inner Mongolia. 28

    5.2 Kaiyuan Mining mulls to start lead and zinc concentrate production in early 2013. 28

    5.3 Tongguan Non-ferrous stops zinc ingot production. 28

    5.4 Helin Industry delays zinc oxide production. 28

    5.5 Jiujiang Swift Horse Zinc ceases zinc chloride production. 29

    6 Related industry developments. 29

    6.1 The production trend opposite by State Statistics Bureau and Steel Association in China  29

    6.2 Automobile marketing volume down by 1.66% MOM in June. 29

    7 Outlook for August 30

     

     

     

     

    Picture 1 CPI and PPI in China in 2011-2012. 2

    Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2012. 3

    Picture 3 Crude oil futures prices in US. 4

    Picture 4 USD index in July 2012. 5

    Picture 5 Zinc futures on the LME in July 2012 (USD/t) 6

    Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME 2012 (T) 6

    Picture 7 The price graph of zinc concentrate 50%min in the Chinese spot market in July (RMB/metal ton) 7

    Picture 8 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in July (RMB/t) 8

    Picture 9 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in July (RMB/t) 10

    Picture 10 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in July (RMB/t) 11

    Picture 11 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in July (RMB/t) 13

    Picture 12 China zinc chloride 98%min price in July 2012. 14

    Picture 13 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers from January to July, 2012  16

    Picture 14 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in July, 2012 (T) 17

    Picture 15 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2012. 21

    Picture 16 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2012. 22

    Picture 17 China zinc oxide import volume in June. 24

    Picture 18 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in June. 25

     

    Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market 11

    Table 2 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in June 2012. 18

    Table 3 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012UnitKg. 23

    Table 4 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012UnitKg. 25

    Table 5 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in June 2012. 25

    Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in June 2012. 26

    Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in June 2012. 27

    Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc powder import companies in June 2012. 27

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