Zinc Market Report December 2012
2013-01-10 18:38:55 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 November CPI up 2.0%, PPI down 2.2% YOY
1.1.2 Chinese PMI stable in December
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Futures prices of international crude oil rebounds in December
1.2.2 European debt crisis turns the corner US financial crisis drags down US dollar index
1.2.3 2013 will be a tough year for nonferrous metals
1.2.4 Zinc futures on LME continues to move up
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Zinc concentrate market stable but supply decreases
2.2 Trading very sluggish in Chinese zinc ingot market
2.3 Galvanization market moves down
2.4 Die-casting zinc alloy market turns better
2.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market weak
2.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market stable
2.5.3 Zinc oxide 80-99.5% market dull no signal of improvement
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 steady
2.8 Zinc sulfate market improved
3.1 China’s zinc concentrate production up by 15.20% YOY in Jan-Nov 2012
3.2 China’s refined zinc production in November touches11-month high in 2012
3.3 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate in December touches the record high in 2012
3.3 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down by 42.53% in December
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in November 2012
4.2 China’s zinc concentrate import down by 32.59% YOY in November 2012
4.3 China refined zinc import up by 17.5% MOM in November
4.4 China zinc oxide import up by 3.7% MOM in November
4.5 China zinc powder import down by 18.8% MOM in November
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers November 2012
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers November 2012
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers November 2012
4.9 Top eight Chines zinc powder importers November 2012
5.1 Rongda Mining’s lead-zinc mine halts production on cold weather
5.2 China Polymetallic Mining’s Dakuangshan Silver-Lead-Zinc mine achieves commercial production
5.3 Yongchang Lead & Zinc stops zinc ingot production
5.4 Hongling Mining’s lead zinc mining expansion project to start production in Sep 2013
5.5 Sanli Group’s zinc ingot production increases greatly in December
5.6 Zinc ingot production of Hechi Nanfang declines by 30,000t in 2012
5.7 Yuguang to boost its lead-zinc production to 1,200kt in 2015
5.8 Shuikoushan Nonferrous Metal halts zinc oxide production
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Chinese crude steel production increases by 13.7% YOY in November
6.2 Automobile marketing volume up in November
Picture 1 Chinese CPI and PPI trend 2011-2012
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2012
Picture 3 futures prices of key contracts of American crude oil in December
Picture 5 3-month seller zinc on LME in December 2012 (USD/t)
Picture 6 Zinc inventory on the LME in December 2012 (ton)
Picture 9 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in December (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in December (RMB/t)
Picture 11 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in December(RMB/t)
Picture 12 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in December (RMB/t)
Picture 13 China zinc chloride 98%min price in December 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 December, 2012
Picture 17 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate Jan-Dec 2012
Picture 18 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in December, 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 November
Picture 23 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in November
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 December
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 November 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 November 2012
Table 8 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in November 2012
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in November2012
Table 10 China’s top 8 zinc powder import companies in November 2012
