Commodity Market Report
Global zinc short-term outlook August 2017
Report summary
For the first time in a decade the zinc price has climbed above $3000/t. The price strength was driven by a combination of improving fundamentals, thin markets and short covering with even retail investors in China getting involved. However, with a muted supply response thus far, the risk of demand destruction is growing.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
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Supply-demand balances
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Market Developments
- Price forecasts and global quarterly supply and demand balance
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Market Developments
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Demand
- Global
- China
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Europe
- Galvanized sheet and metallic coated sheet production
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Supply
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Concentrate market
- Chinese sources of concentrate imports
- Concentrate balances
- August mine production news
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Smelter production news
- Index of monthly reported Chinese smelter production
- Zinc smelter capability, market adjustment and production (kt Zn)
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Concentrate market
Tables and charts
This report includes 23 images and tables including:
- Zinc key forecasts
- A surge in trading volume prompts the Shangahi Futures Exchange to intervene in zinc
- Exchange stocks have fallen to just eight days of consumption
- Mine project adjustment breakdown
- The global economy is showing a surprising degree of stability and strength
- Rising land sales an upside risk to real-estate sector?
- All the key sectors of the European economy are growing
- Treatment charges $/t of concentrate
- Index of monthly Chinese mine production
- Zinc mine capability, market adjustment and production (kt Zn)
- Supply-demand balances: Table 2
- Demand: Table 1
- Key indicators of zinc consumption
- Supply: Image 1
- Supply: Table 2
- Supply: Image 3
- Supply: Table 4
- Global zinc consumption - (kt Zn)
- Global zinc mine production (kt Zn)
- Global zinc smelter production (kt Zn)
- Zinc stocks, prices and premiums
- Chinese trade data (kt)
- Global slab zinc supply/demand balance (kt)
What's included
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