Zinc Market Report September 2012
2012-10-18 08:30:12 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 Chinese CPI rebounds to 2% in August 2012
1.1.2 Chinese PMI recovers in September
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Global crude oil future prices drop
1.2.2 US dollar weakens on FED QE3 news
1.2.3 LME zinc increase sharply in September
1.2.4 Uncertainty drives Bolivian zinc concentrate prices upward
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Zinc concentrate market warms up with the increasing price
2.2 Trading inactive in Chinese zinc ingot market
2.3 Uneven performance in galvanization market
2.4 Die-casting zinc alloy market keeps weak
2.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market improved
2.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stable
2.5.3 Zinc oxide 80-99.5% producers in trouble
2.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market stable
2.6.2 Metal zinc powder market quiet
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder stable
2.7 Zinc chloride market has no improvement
2.8 Zinc sulfate market had no sign of improving
3.1 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate increases to 61.38% in September
3.3 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate up by 49.88% in September
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in August 2012
4.2 C China zinc concentrate import increases by 50.83% MOM in August 2012
4.3 China refined zinc import in August touches the record high in 2012
4.4 China zinc oxide import up slightly by 0.84% MOM in August
4.5 China zinc powder import down by 29.8% MOM in August
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers August 2012
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers August 2012
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers August 2012
4.9 Top ten Chines zinc powder importers August 2012
5.1 Longyu Zinc to bring new die-casting zinc alloy project into production in October
5.2 Qianxin Mining starts trial production on September 15
5.3 Hechi Nanfang to increase zinc ingot production in October
5.4 Lingde Mining’s lead-zinc concentrator starts operation in August
5.5 Jinyuan Mining’s lead-zinc concentrator to start operation
5.6 Wuzhou HGP Advanced Materials Technology’ s zinc powder project put into next year
5.7 Shuikoushan Zinc halted zinc sulfate production
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel production drops in August
6.2 Automobile marketing volume up by 8.4% MOM in August
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2012
Picture 3 Crude oil prices in US in September 2012
Picture 5 Zinc futures on the LME in September 2012 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in September 2012 (T)
Picture 8 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in September (RMB/t)
Picture 9 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in September (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in September (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in September (RMB/t)
Picture 12 China zinc chloride 98%min price in September 2012
Picture 13 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers from January to September, 2012
Picture 14 Major Chinese zinc smelters’ output by region in September
Picture 15 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate Jan-Sep
Picture 16 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in September, 2012 (T)
Picture 17 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2012
Picture 18 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2012
Picture 19 China zinc oxide import volume in August
Picture 20 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in August
Table 2 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in August 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 August 2012
Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in August 2012
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in August 2012
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc powder import companies in August 2012
