Insight
Coronavirus - Its impact on zinc and lead
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Report summary
Although the extended Chinese New Year holidays officially ended on February 10, the return to work has been slow, with many parts of the country still effectively locked down. The longer the lockdown is maintained, the greater the risk that rather than demand being postponed, it will be permanently destroyed. In such a situation the critical unknown will be whether China's zinc and lead producers will be willing to return production to pre-crisis levels despite potentially weaker demand or whether the likely cashflow squeeze on consumers will be transmitted through the zinc and lead value chain, constraining the recovery in output.
Table of contents
- Supply
- Demand
- Global Impact
- Demand postponed or destroyed?
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Although Inner-Mongolia has only 70 confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection, labour shortages and transport disruptions are closing mines, whilst in Hunan some mines may not reopen until MarchKey lead mine producing provinces have relatively low numbers of infectionsZinc smelters in key provinces such as Inner Mongolia and Hunan are already struggling because of the impact of transport restrictions on acid storage
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Key lead smelting provinces are adjacent to Hubei and are facing severe transport disruptionsHousing starts, completions and land sales are all set to plunge after a strong end to 2019Little sign of a return to work
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