Zinc Market Report December 2011
2012-03-13 18:17:34 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese CPI plummets in November
1.2 Chinese PMI rebounds unexpectedly in December
1.3 US CCI rebounds with USDX keeping high
1.4 Gold and oil price fluctuates in a wide range
2 International futures market review
2.1 Bulk commodity prices plummet and zinc futures on the LME follow suit
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Zinc concentrate suppliers unwilling to sell and quotations in chaos
3.2 Zinc ingot price continues to drop and smelters suffer great losses
3.3.2 Demand for hot-galvanizing zinc alloy softens
3.4.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market keeps quiet with low price
3.4.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market keeps quiet with decreasing price
3.4.3 Zinc oxide 80-99.5%min producers reduce outputs
3.5.1 Exceeded fine zinc powder market keeps quiet
3.5.2 Rare deals concluded in metal zinc powder market
3.5.3 Mercury-free zinc powder market keeps flat
3.6 Zinc chloride market keeps quiet with lower price
3.7 Zinc sulfate market keeps stable with flat movements
4.1 Major Chinese zinc ingot smelters’ December production down by 2.81% MOM
4.2 Zinc oxide output drops by 24.6% MOM in December
5 Import and export data of zinc in China
5.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc in November
5.2 Import volume of zinc oxide increases by 33.1% MOM in November
5.3 Import volume of zinc powder and flake powder increases by 25.2% MOM in December
5.4 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in November 2011
5.5 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in November 2011
5.6 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in November 2011
5.7 China’s top 10 zinc powder and flake powder import companies in November 2011
6.1 Sluggish major business in Zhuzhou Smelter
6.2 Yuguang Gold and Lead starts the third phase of electrolytic zinc project of 300,000tpy
6.3 China Minmetals to begin Dugald River zinc ore project into production in 2014
6.4 Xiangyun Feilong to begin zinc technical innovation program in January
6.5 Xichang Zinc stops zinc ingot production due to power shortage
6.6 Shaoguan Smelting keeps low zinc ingot output
6.7 Hechi South fails to complete annual zinc ingot production target in 2011
6.8 Yuguang Gold and Lead obtains negative growth due to technical improvement
6.9 Tianjin Yachang Zinc has uncompleted zinc oxide capacity expansion project
6.10 Liuzhou Fuxin Chemical stops zinc oxide production
6.11 Operation rate of zinc powder plants decreases to 50%
6.12 Guiyang Fuhong decreases zinc powder output
6.13 Jiangxi Baohai Zinc keeps tighter supply of zinc sulfate
7 Related industry developments
7.2 Production and sales volumes of auto increase MOM while decrease YOY in November
7.3 Sales list of top ten paint brands in 2011
Picture 2 International crude oil price trend
Picture 4 Zinc futures on the LME prices trend in December (Unit: USD/t)
Picture 5 Chinese zinc concentrate 50%min prices trend in November (RMB/metal ton)
Picture 6 Chinese SHG zinc ingot prices trend in November (RMB/t)
Picture 7 Chinese Zamak-3 zinc alloy prices trend in December (RMB/t)
Picture 8 Price of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7% from zinc ingot in December
Picture 9 Price of 325 mesh zinc powder (zinc content: 96%) in December
Picture 10 Price of industry grade zinc chloride 98%min in December
Picture 11 Chinese zinc ingot smelters’ production by regions in December 2011
Picture 12 Outputs of zinc oxide by region in December (Unit: t)
Picture 14 China refined zinc import from January to November
Picture 15 Collation map of zinc oxide import volume in 2009-2011
Picture 16 Collation map of zinc powder and flake powder import volumes in 2009-2011
Table 2 Different sized zinc smelters and the operating rate
Table 3 Import and export data of refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/zinc ore in November
Table 4 Import volume of zinc oxide in 2009-1011 (Unit: kg)
Table 5 Import volume of zinc powder and flake powder in 2009-2011 (Unit: kg)
Table 6 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in November 2011
Table 7 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in November 2011
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in November 2011
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc powder and flake powder import companies in November 2011
