Global lead short-term outlook August 2023
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Report summary
Table of contents
- Prices
- Global
- Europe
- China.
- India
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United States
- Concentrate market
- Mines news
- Corporate activity
- Smelter news
Tables and charts
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- LME lead rose by 3% in August in contrast to copper nickel and zinc
- Open Interest surges on SHFE Pb Contract
- Refined Lead Premia and Scrap Prices
- Price forecasts and global quarterly supply/demand balances (kt)
- Quarterly Consumption
- Concentrate market TCs
- Arb in August was almost as wide as it has ever been and so still a significant cost to Chinese concentrate importers
- Recent customs data show Chinese smelters' strong appetite for more complex as well as regular lead concentrates
- Acid prices are still relatively weak but recent increases would suggest that smelters can shift their output
- Lead mine capability, market adjustment and production (kt Pb)
- Global refined lead consumption (kt Pb)
- Global lead mine production (lead in concentrate, kt Pb)
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