Commodity Market Report
Global zinc short-term outlook July 2021
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Report summary
After spending much of July trading in a range of $2900-2950/t, dollar weakness and other macro-economic factors in the final days of the month gave the price a boost and saw it break resistance at $3000/t. Read further in our latest Global zinc short-term outlook for details on: The impact of China's State Reserve Bureau metal sales The latest developments in US and Chinese demand The state of the concentrate market News on a major new smelter expansion project and "green zinc"
Table of contents
- Market Developments
- USA
- China
- Concentrate market
- Mine production
- Mine production news
- Smelter production
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Shanghai zinc price shrugs off SRB sales and stocks remain at low levelsPower shortages mute seasonal bounce in Chinese smelter productionPrice forecasts and global quarterly supply and demand balance
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Trade volumes may have peaked in MayWith sales back to normal the release of pent-up demand by the easing of the chip shortage may be modestKey indicators of zinc consumptionTreatment charges $/t of concentrateChinese concentrate imports (kt gross weight concentrate)Annual concentrate balancesMine disruption allowance breakdownZinc mine capability, market adjustment and production (kt Zn)Index of Chinese smelter production
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