Monthly Zinc Market Report Jan 2025

Contents

1 Market Highlights 3
2 Economy and Policy 3
2.1 China releases 2025 Catalogue of Goods Subject to Export License Administration 3
2.2 Russia extends scrap export quota for 2025 3
2.3 Inner Mongolia makes significant strides in mineral exploration 3
2.4 Feedback received for third batch of third round of central environmental inspections 3
2.5 China's foreign trade up 5% YoY in 2024 3
2.6 China's zinc production down 3.6% YoY in 2024 3
3 Market Movements 3
3.1 Market Movements in China 3
3.1.1 Zinc ingot 3
3.1.2 Zinc concentrate 4
3.1.3 Imported zinc concentrate 50%min 4
3.1.4 Zinc die-casting alloy 4
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright1 Zinc ingot 3 3.Asian Metal Copyright5 Zinc oxide 99.7%min 4
3.1.6 Zinc powder 5
4 Company News 5
4.1 Shengguang Mining gets mining right for Fe-Cu-Zn deposit 5
4.2 Hindustan Zinc reports 2% decline in mined metal production for Q3 5
4.3 Xinkuang Group commissions furnace of Huoshaoyun zinc-lead smelting project 5
4.4 Gatos Silver sees steady operation in 2024 5
4.5 Nonfemet Shaoguan Smelter commissions two new projects 5
4.6 Zhongdu Mineral receives mining permit for Au-Pb-Zn mine in Anhui 5
5 Producers Statistics 5
5.1 Zinc ingot 5
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright4 Feedback received for third batch of third round of central environmental inspections 3 2.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate records 64.35% in Jan 5
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright2 Zinc concentrate 4 3.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's refined zinc producers' output down by 15.72% YoY in Jan 5
5.1.Asian Metal Copyright3.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's refined zinc producers' stocks down by 74.81% YoY in late this month 6
5.2 Zinc die-casting alloy 6
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright11% YoY in Jan 6 5.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' operating rate down by 8.11% YoY in Jan 6
5.2.2 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' output records 34,150t in Jan 6
5.2.Asian Metal Copyright6 Zhongdu Mineral receives mining permit for Au-Pb-Zn mine in Anhui 5 5 Producers Statistics 5 5.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' stocks down by 38.46% YoY in late this month 6
5.3 Zinc oxide 6
5.3.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc oxide producers' operating rate records 39.57% in Jan 6
5.3.2 China's zinc oxide producers' output records 40,080t in Jan 7
5.3.3 China's zinc oxide producers' stocks down by 16% YoY in late this month 7
5.4 Zinc powder 7
5.4.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate records 64.Asian Metal Copyright1 China's zinc powder producers' operating rate records 56.65% in Jan 7
5.4.Asian Metal Copyright4.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc powder producers' output down by 19.18% YoY in Jan 7
4.4.Asian Metal Copyright46% YoY in late this month 6 5.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's zinc powder producers' stocks down by 24.28% YoY in late this month 7
6 Customs Statistics 8
6.1 China's zinc concentrate import volume rose 45.01% YoY in Dec 2024 8
6.2 United States' zinc concentrate export volume rose 326.71% YoY in Oct 2024 8
6.3 China's refined zinc (99.Asian Metal Copyright1 China releases 2025 Catalogue of Goods Subject to Export License Administration 3 2.Asian Metal Copyright99%≤Zn＜99.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright995%) import volume grew 394.04% YoY in Dec 2024 9
6.4 India's crude zinc(Zn＜99.Asian Metal Copyright3.Asian Metal Copyright99%) export volume rose 414.00% YoY in Oct 2024 9


.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's zinc oxide producers' output records 40,080t in Jan 7 5Asian Metal Copyright