Zinc Market Report June 2012
2012-07-13 17:13:33 【Print】
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Contents
1.1 Chinese domestic financial overview
1.1.1 China’s CPI in May touches 23-month low
1.1.2 Chinese PMI falls in June
1.1.3 Metals under great pressure from kinds of negative news
1.2 International financial overview
1.2.1 Global crude oil prices linger at low levels in June
1.2.2 USD index keeps at a high level in June
1.2.3 LME zinc prices keep at low level and fluctuate greatly in late June
2 Chinese domestic market review
2.1 Zinc concentrate suppliers continue to hold back from selling
2.2 Zinc ingot market moves down further
2.4 Die-casting zinc alloy market keeps weak
2.5.1 Zinc oxide produced from zinc ingot market sluggish and operating rate low
2.5.2 Zinc oxide produced from zinc scrap prices slipped
2.5.3 Consumers reduced zinc oxide 80-99%min and market dim
2.6.1 Superfine zinc powder market stable
2.6.2 Metal zinc powder market kept dull
3.6.3 Mercury-free zinc powder slightly sluggish
2.7 Zinc chloride market quiet
2.8 Zinc sulfate market inactive
3.1 China’s zinc smelters’ operating rate increases slightly by 2% in June
3.2 China’s major die-casting zinc alloy producers’ operating rate almost unchanged in June
3.3 China’s zinc oxide producers’ operating rate down to 50.7% in June
4 Import and export data of zinc in China
4.1 Chinese import and export data of zinc by country in May 2012
4.2 China zinc concentrate import down by 51.59% YOY in May 2012
4.3 China refined zinc import down by 25.06% MOM in May 2012
4.4 China zinc oxide import up by 23.2% MOM in May
4.5 China zinc powder import down by 67.8% MOM in May
4.6 Top ten Chinese zinc ore/concentrate importers May 2012
4.7 Top ten Chinese refined zinc importers May 2012
4.8 Top ten Chinese zinc oxide importers May 2012
4.9 Top ten Chines zinc powder importers May 2012
5.1 Zhangzhou Sigma brings die-casting zinc alloy project into trial production in May
5.2 Chifeng Hongye stops zinc ingot production in June
5.3 Yuguang Zinc resumes zinc ingot normal production
5.4 Sihuan Non-ferrous stops zinc ingot production
5.5 Zijin Zinc reduces zinc ingot production for maintenance
5.6 Yongchang Pb & Zn to launch a new dressing plant with processing capacity of 1,000tpd
5.7 Qianxin Mining to start commissioning in early July
5.8 Jirun zinc halted zinc oxide production
5.9 Lihong Chemical Industry suspended zinc sulfate production
5.10 Shuikoushan stopped zinc sulfate production
6 Related industry developments
6.1 Crude steel output reaches 61.23 million tons in May
6.2 Automobile marketing volume up by 15.97% MOM in May
Picture 2 China’s PMI index in 2011-2012
Picture 3 The price graph of international crude oil in June
Picture 4 USD index in June 2012
Picture 5 Zinc futures on the LME in June 2012 (USD/t)
Picture 7 The price graph of SHG zinc ingot in the Chinese spot market in June (RMB/t)
Picture 8 The price graph of Zamak-3 zinc alloy in the Chinese spot market in June (RMB/t)
Picture 9 The prices of rubber grade zinc oxide 99.7%min from zinc ingot in June (RMB/t)
Picture 10 The prices of domestic 325 mesh zinc powder 98%min in June (RMB/t)
Picture 11 China zinc chloride 98%min price in June 2012
Picture 12 Operating rates of major Chinese zinc ingot producers from January to June, 2012
Picture 13 Operating rates of China’s zinc oxide producers in June, 2012 (T)
Picture 14 China zinc ore/concentrate import 2011-2012
Picture 15 China refined zinc import volume 2011-2012
Picture 16 China zinc oxide import volume in May
Picture 17 China zinc powder and flake powder import volume in May
Table 2 Data of refined zinc, zinc alloy, zinc concentrate/zinc ore in May,2012
Table 3 China zinc oxide and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012（Unit：Kg）
Table 4 China zinc powder and flake powder import from 2009 to 2012（Unit：Kg）
Table 5 China’s top 10 zinc ore/concentrate import companies in May 2012
Table 6 China’s top 10 refined zinc import companies in May 2012
Table 7 China’s top 10 zinc oxide import companies in May 2012
Table 8 China’s top 10 zinc powder import companies in May 2012
