Zinc Market Report February 2012
2012-04-25 09:49:33 【Print】
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1.1 China CPI rises in January due to the Spring Festival
1.2 Chinese PMI rises in February and economy sees soft landing
1.3 Greek salvage agreement concluded European national debt auction successful
1.4 US economic data positive but not enough for recovery
1.5The Middle East situation worsens crude oil price surges
1.6 European situation eases USDX weak
1.7 Weak US dollars supports high price of gold
2.1 Zinc futures on the LME fluctuate
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Short supply in Chinese zinc concentrate market
3.2 Zinc ingot prices fluctuate narrowly and trading keeps quiet
3.3 Poor prospect for hot-galvanizing zinc alloy market
3.4 Die-casting zinc alloy demand increases slowly
3.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market kept quiet
3.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from scrap kept quiet
3.5.3 Direct method zinc oxide prices low and buying activities inactive
3.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market remained sluggish
3.6.2 Zinc powder market kept dim
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder remained flat
3.7 Zinc chloride market remained quiet with price decrease
3.8 Zinc sulfate market kept firm
4.1 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate increases to 70% in February
4.2 Zinc oxide output increased by 77.8% MOM in February
5 Import and export data of zinc in China
5.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in January, 2012
5.2 China zinc concentrate import declines by 37.03% YOY in January 2012
5.3 China refined zinc import increases by 46.7% YOY in January
5.4 Zinc oxide import increased by 6.9% YOY in January
5.5 Zinc powder import volume decreased by 21% YOY in January
5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers January 2012
5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers January 2012
5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers January 2012
5.9 Top ten Chines zinc powder importers January 2012
6.1 Zhuzhou Smelter Group loses RMB600 million
6.2 Huludao Zinc Industry expects to lose RMB1 billion in 2011
6.3 Zhangzhou Sigma to bring die-casting zinc alloy project into production in Q2
6.4 Taifeng Group begins zinc ingot production on 60,000tpy project
6.5 Nanfang Non-ferrous Metals stops zinc ingot production and sales
6.6 Sanli Group resumes zinc ingot production
6.7 Name list of direct method zinc oxide enterprise stopped production in February
6.8 Liuzhou Zhongse halts zinc oxide for two days due to cadmium pollution accident
6.9 Zhongxin Technology Company to go into zinc powder production in early March
6.10 Yunnan Dianjiu Mine no longer produces EF zinc powder
6.11 Zhongjin Lingnan Company plans not to resume zinc sulfate monohydrate production
7 Related industry developments
7.1 World crude steel output decreases in January
7.2 Production and marketing volumes decreased in December last year YOY and MOM
7.3 Economic efficiency situation of domestic coating industry in 2011
Picture 1 CPI and PPI in China from Jan 2011 to Feb 2012
Picture 2 Chinese PMI in 2011-2012
Picture 3 US crude oil futures price
Picture 5 International gold price
Picture 6 Zinc futures on the LME in February
Picture 7 The price graph of zinc concentrate 50%min in the Chinese spot market in February
Picture 8 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in February
Picture 9 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in February
Picture 10 Prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in February
Picture 11 Prices of domestic zinc powder 98%min of 325 meshed in February
Picture 12 China zinc chloride 98%min price in February
Picture 13 Major Chinese zinc smelters’ output by region in February, 2012
Picture 14 Major Chinese zinc oxide’ output by region in February, 2012
Picture 15 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2012
Picture 16 China refined zinc import volume from 2010 to 2011
Picture 17 China zinc oxide import volume in January
Picture 18 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in January
Table 1 Prices of zinc oxide 99.7%min from scrap in domestic market
Table 2 The operating rate of zinc ingot producers with different scales
Table 3 Data of refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/zinc ore in December
Table 4 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012
Table 5 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012
Table 6 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in January 2012
Table 7 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in January 2012
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in January 2012
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc powder import companies in January 2012
