Tin market report September 2012

Contents
Contents 2
Figures Contents 3
Tin market report September 2012 4
Introduction 4
Financial overview 4
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview 4
1.1.1 Chinese CPI increase rebounds to 2% in August 4
1.1.2 Chinese PMI escapes out of the bottom in September 5
1.2 International financial overview 6
1.2.1 Global crude oil future prices pressure drop 6
1.2.2 FRB accelerates liquidity operation, USD index remains depressing 7
1.2.3 Tin futures on the LME show up trend in September 8
2 Chinese domestic market review 9
2.1 Tin price rises sharply 9
2.2 tin concentrate offers up 10
3 Output data analysis 10
3.1 PT Timah predicts their tin output in 2012 will reach 38000t at least 10
3.2 Chinese tin production in August up by about 4.8% MOM 10
3.3 Some tin smelters in China increased their tin output in September 11
3.4 Chinese tin concentrate production up by 2.7% in August 11
4 Analysis of import & export data 12
4.1 Chinese imports of refined tin and tin alloy down by 4.1% MOM in August 12
4.2 Chinese tin concentrate imports in August down by 71.2% MOM 16
5. Related industry development 18
5.1 Prices of tin solder stable 18
5.2 Tin scraps market sluggish 18
6. Company news 18
6.1 Bolivia Colquiri tin miners fight for the control 18
6.2 Ho Wah Genting Bhd. predicts tin futures will hover at USD21,000/t in the forth quarter 19
6.3 Yunnan Province plans to close about 10,000 tons of tin ingot before the end of this year 19
7 The trend forecast next month 19

Figures Contents

Chart 1 Chinese CPI and PPI chart during 2011-2012 5
Chart 2 Chinese PMI chart during 2011-2012 6
Chart 3 Nymax WTI prices chart 7
Chart 4 USD index chart 7
Chart 5 The price of 3-month tin on the LME 8
Chart 6 The price of 3-month tin stocks on the LME 9
Chart 7 Chinese tin prices 9
Chart 8 The price of tin concentrate price in China 10
Chart 9 The tin output in China 11
Chart 10 Chinese refined tin and tin alloy import from January 2011 to August 2012 13
Chart 11 Chinese tin import volume from major countries in the first eight months of 2012 13
Chart 12 Chinese tin concentrate import from January 2011 to August 2012 16
Chart 13 Chinese tin concentrate import volume from major countries in the first eight months of 2012 17

Table 1 Chinese tin import data 14
Table 2 Chinese tin concentrate imports data 17

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