Zinc Market Report March 2012
2012-04-26 11:42:18 【Print】
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1.1.1 Festival Growth rate of CPI fell back in February
1.1.2 PMI continues to increase and concerns on economic ease in March
1.1.3 Economic growth rate decreases to 7.5% for the first time in the past 8 years in 2012
1.2.1 Greece finishes bond replacement of EUR177.2b
1.2.2 Crude oil prices fell back due to easing situation in the Middle East
1.2.3 US economy recovers slowly and USD to rebound
1.2.4 Large difference occurred in gold market and prices decreased with fluctuations
1.2.5 Chinese worries drag down Zinc futures on the LME
3 Chinese domestic market review
3.1 Zinc concentrate still in tight supply in Chinese market
3.2 Zinc ingot prices move down and demand improves slowly
3.3 Galvanized sheet/pipe market improves obviously
3.4 Die-casting zinc alloy market improves slowly
3.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market kept dull
3.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap market quiet
3.5.3 Direct zinc oxide deals slow
3.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market remained sluggish
3.6.2 Metal zinc powder market keeps dim
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder remained flat
3.7 Zinc chloride market stable but price chaotic
3.8 Zinc sulfate market active
4.1 China’s major zinc smelters’ operating rate reaches 69.74% in March
4.2 Zinc oxide output increased by 3.1% MOM in Match
5 Import and export data of zinc in China
5.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in February, 2012
5.2 China zinc concentrate import up by 4.82% in February 2012
5.3 China refined zinc import up by 133% YOY in February 2012
5.4 China zinc oxide import down by 48.7% MOM in February
5.5 China zinc powder import up by 9.68% MOM in February
5.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers February 2012
5.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers February 2012
5.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers February 2012
5.9 Top ten Chines zinc powder importers February 2012
6.1 Danxia Smelter stops zinc ingot production for maintenance
6.2Junlei Zinc begins 50,000tpy of zinc smelting project
6.3 Hechi Nanfang to resume zinc ingot production in April
6.4 Baohui Group to resume zinc ingot production in late April
6.5 Xichang Zinc stops zinc ingot production for power shortage
6.6 Nanjing Shuangxiu expands zinc oxide capacity
6.7 Helin Industry’s first stage zinc oxide project comes on stream in May
6.8 Kunming Zhongxin Technology examines zinc powder equipment
6.9 Jiangsu Kunda Zinc’zinc powder project comes on stream
6.10 Dongfangsheng becomes the largest zinc chloride producer in China
6.11 Runxiang Technology puts into zinc sulfate operation in 27 March
7 Related industry developments
7.1 Crude steel output increases by 2.2% YOY in China in the first two months of 2012
7.2 production and marketing volumes increased YOY and MOM in February
7.3 Ship industry ‘12 5’ development plan: became shipbuilding country in world
Picture 2 Chinese PMI from Jan 2011 to Mar 2012
Picture 3 US crude oil futures prices 2012
Picture 4 USDX trend in March,2012
Picture 5 International gold price in March, 2012
Picture 6 Zinc futures on the LME in March, 2012
Picture 7 The price graph of zinc concentrate 50%min in the Chinese spot market in March
Picture 8 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in March
Picture 9 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in March
Picture 10 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in March
Picture 11 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in March
Picture 12 China zinc chloride 98%min price in March 2012
Picture 13 Major Chinese zinc smelters’ output by region in March, 2012
Picture 14 Major Chinese zinc oxide’ output by region in March 2012
Picture 15 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2012
Picture 16 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2012
Picture 17 China zinc oxide import volume in February
Picture 18 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in February
Table 2 Operating rates of zinc ingot producers with different scales in March
Table 3 Data of refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/zinc ore in February,2012
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 February 2012
Table 7 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in February 2012
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in February 2012
Table 9 China’s top 10 zinc powder import companies in February 2012
