Monthly Zinc Market Report Apr 2025
2025-05-19 15:53:07 【Print】
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Contents
1 Market Highlights 3
2 Economy and Policy 3
2.1 China to impose additional 34% tariff on all US imports 3
2.2 China raises tariffs on US imports from 34% to 84% 3
2.3 China raises tariffs on imported US products to 125% 3
2.4 China recycles over 400 million tonnes of recyclable resources in 2024 3
2.5 China's Q1 foreign trade hits all-time high 3
2.6 LME approves its first four warehouses in Hong Kong 3
2.7 China's Q1 production of ten nonferrous metals up 2% YoY 3
2.8 WTO revises global trade forecasts amid trade policy uncertainty and surge in tariffs 3
2.9 IMF revises its global growth forecast downwards 3
2.10 Global refined zinc and lead markets face 2025 surplus, ILZSG says 3
2.11 Peru imposes AD duties on China's base metal standard table cutlery 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
3.1.5 Zinc oxide 99.7%min 5
3.1.6 Zinc powder 5
4 Company News 5
4.1 Ivanhoe Mines releases zinc production result in the first quarter 5
4.2 Blue Moon Announces Maiden NI 43-101 Sulitjelma Resource of 17 Mt @ 1.06% Cu & 0.21% Zn 5
4.3 Sierra Metals reports first quarter 2025 production results 5
4.4 Teck reports unaudited first quarter results for 2025 5
4.5 Korea Zinc agrees 52% cut in fees to turn Teck's ores into metal 5
4.6 Hindustan Zinc reports record mined and refined metal production in FY25 5
4.7 Zijin Mining's zinc output declines in Q1 6
4.8 Apple's push to use recycled aluminum, rare earths and 13 other materials 6
4.9 Red Dog first quarter zinc output drops 20% 6
4.10 The multi-metal recycling project of Sinomine Resources Tsumeb Smelter starts construction 6
5 Producers Statistics 6
5.1 Zinc ingot 6
5.1.1 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate down by 3.44% YoY in Apr 6
5.1.2 China's refined zinc producers' output down by 10.22% YoY in Apr 6
5.1.3 China's refined zinc producers' stocks down by 36.84% YoY in late this month 6
5.2 Zinc die-casting alloy 6
5.2.1 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' operating rate down by 2.09% YoY in Apr 6
5.2.2 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' output up by 19.09% YoY in Apr 6
5.2.3 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' stocks down by 17.69% YoY in late this month 7
5.3 Zinc oxide 7
5.3.1 China's zinc oxide producers' operating rate up by 15.63% YoY in Apr 7
5.3.2 China's zinc oxide producers' output up by 17.94% YoY in Mar 7
5.3.3 China's zinc oxide producers' stocks up by 0.84% YoY in late this month 7
5.4 Zinc powder 7
5.4.1 China's zinc powder producers' operating rate down by 2.31% in Apr 7
5.4.2 China's zinc powder producers' output up by 4.4% YoY in Apr 8
5.4.3 China's zinc powder producers' stocks down by 19.35% YoY in late this month 8
6 Customs Statistics 8
6.1 China's zinc concentrate import volume grew 47.16% YoY in Mar 2025 8
6.2 China's refined zinc (Zn≥99.995%) import volume declined 63.99% YoY in Mar 2025 8
6.3 United States' zinc concentrate export volume grew 127.24% YoY in Jan 2025 9
6.4 Canada's crude zinc(Zn＜99.99%) export volume fell 20.13% YoY in Nov 2024 10
1 Market Highlights 3
2 Economy and Policy 3
2.1 China to impose additional 34% tariff on all US imports 3
2.2 China raises tariffs on US imports from 34% to 84% 3
2.3 China raises tariffs on imported US products to 125% 3
2.4 China recycles over 400 million tonnes of recyclable resources in 2024 3
2.5 China's Q1 foreign trade hits all-time high 3
2.6 LME approves its first four warehouses in Hong Kong 3
2.7 China's Q1 production of ten nonferrous metals up 2% YoY 3
2.8 WTO revises global trade forecasts amid trade policy uncertainty and surge in tariffs 3
2.9 IMF revises its global growth forecast downwards 3
2.10 Global refined zinc and lead markets face 2025 surplus, ILZSG says 3
2.11 Peru imposes AD duties on China's base metal standard table cutlery 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
3.1.5 Zinc oxide 99.7%min 5
3.1.6 Zinc powder 5
4 Company News 5
4.1 Ivanhoe Mines releases zinc production result in the first quarter 5
4.2 Blue Moon Announces Maiden NI 43-101 Sulitjelma Resource of 17 Mt @ 1.06% Cu & 0.21% Zn 5
4.3 Sierra Metals reports first quarter 2025 production results 5
4.4 Teck reports unaudited first quarter results for 2025 5
4.5 Korea Zinc agrees 52% cut in fees to turn Teck's ores into metal 5
4.6 Hindustan Zinc reports record mined and refined metal production in FY25 5
4.7 Zijin Mining's zinc output declines in Q1 6
4.8 Apple's push to use recycled aluminum, rare earths and 13 other materials 6
4.9 Red Dog first quarter zinc output drops 20% 6
4.10 The multi-metal recycling project of Sinomine Resources Tsumeb Smelter starts construction 6
5 Producers Statistics 6
5.1 Zinc ingot 6
5.1.1 China's refined zinc producers' operating rate down by 3.44% YoY in Apr 6
5.1.2 China's refined zinc producers' output down by 10.22% YoY in Apr 6
5.1.3 China's refined zinc producers' stocks down by 36.84% YoY in late this month 6
5.2 Zinc die-casting alloy 6
5.2.1 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' operating rate down by 2.09% YoY in Apr 6
5.2.2 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' output up by 19.09% YoY in Apr 6
5.2.3 China's zinc die-casting alloy producers' stocks down by 17.69% YoY in late this month 7
5.3 Zinc oxide 7
5.3.1 China's zinc oxide producers' operating rate up by 15.63% YoY in Apr 7
5.3.2 China's zinc oxide producers' output up by 17.94% YoY in Mar 7
5.3.3 China's zinc oxide producers' stocks up by 0.84% YoY in late this month 7
5.4 Zinc powder 7
5.4.1 China's zinc powder producers' operating rate down by 2.31% in Apr 7
5.4.2 China's zinc powder producers' output up by 4.4% YoY in Apr 8
5.4.3 China's zinc powder producers' stocks down by 19.35% YoY in late this month 8
6 Customs Statistics 8
6.1 China's zinc concentrate import volume grew 47.16% YoY in Mar 2025 8
6.2 China's refined zinc (Zn≥99.995%) import volume declined 63.99% YoY in Mar 2025 8
6.3 United States' zinc concentrate export volume grew 127.24% YoY in Jan 2025 9
6.4 Canada's crude zinc(Zn＜99.99%) export volume fell 20.13% YoY in Nov 2024 10
