Zinc Market Report November 2012
2012-12-14 18:25:30 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 CPI up by 1.7% and PPI down by 2.8% YOY in November
1.1.2 PMI in November rebounds in China
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 International crude futures slowly increase in November
1.2.2 Greek debt crises easing, US dollar index falling after a surge
1.2.3 Global liquidity hinders nonferrous the year-end rebound of nonferrous alloy
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME continue to rebound and stocks increase greatly
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Zinc concentrate supply decreases in North China
2.2 Zinc ingot prices increase slightly in China
2.3 Galvanization market moves slowly
2.4 Die-casting zinc alloy market stable
2.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market ran slowly
2.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stable
2.5.3 Zinc oxide 80-99.5% market maintained sluggish
2.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market stable with slightly dull
2.6.2 Metal zinc powder market sluggish
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder stable
2.7 Zinc chloride market stable with slightly active
2.8 Zinc sulfate market no improvement
3.1 China zinc concentrate production increases by 2.2% YOY in October
3.2 China’s refined zinc production in October touches10-month high in 2012
3.3 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate up by 4.96% MOM in November
3.2 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate up by 0.94% MOM in November
3.3 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down by 48.97% in November
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in October 2012
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import up by 5.86% MOM in October 2012
4.3 China refined zinc import down by 55.1% MOM in October
4.4 China zinc oxide import down by 20% MOM in October
4.5 China zinc powder import down by 33.4% MOM in October
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers October 2012
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers October 2012
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers October 2012
4.9 Top eight Chines zinc powder importers October 2012
5.1 Jiangshan Lead Zinc Mine to start operation in June 2013
5.2 Chifeng Hongye increases zinc ingot production greatly in November
5.3 Luoping Zinc & Electricity reduces zinc ingot production
5.4 Sihuan Non-forrous increases zinc ingot production
5.5 Xichang Zinc Industry increases zinc ingot production
5.6 Tianjin Shenglong Zinc resumes zinc powder production
5.7 Baiyin Origin Technology halted zinc sulfate production
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel production increases by 2% MOM in October
6.2 Automobile marketing volume down in October
Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2011-2012
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2012
Picture 3 Crude future prices in US main contract market Sep-Nov
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in November 2012 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in November 2012 (T)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in October (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in November (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in November (RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in November (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in November 2012
Picture 14 China zinc concentrate production 2010-2012
Picture 15 China refined zinc production 2009-2012
Picture 16 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers from January to November, 2012
Picture 17 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate Jan-Nov
Picture 18 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in November, 2012 (T)
Picture 19 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2010-2012
Picture 20 China refined zinc import volume 2010-2012
Picture 21 China refined zinc export 2010-2012
Picture 22 China zinc oxide import volume in October
Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in October
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min produced from zinc scrap in domestic market
Table 2 Production changes of some zinc smelters in November
Table 3 Operating rates of die-casting zinc alloy producers by region
Table 4 Refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/ore import and export in October 2012
Table 5 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012（Unit：Kg）
Table 6 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012（Unit：Kg）
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in October 2012
Table 8 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in October 2012
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in October 2012
Table 10 China’s top 8 zinc powder import companies in October 2012
