Commodity Market Report
Global zinc strategic planning outlook Q1 2024
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Report summary
The rise in exchange stocks and the perception of a rise in invisible stocks together with general demand weakness have weighed on the zinc price in recent months. This has been counteracted by mine closures and together with the forecast recovery in demand, should see the price strengthen in the near term. However, rising mine supply and refined production and slowing demand growth will result in the refined market moving to surplus in the second half of this decade. This will undermine some of the price recovery.
Table of contents
- Long term forecasts, base case and high-low thresholds
- Medium term forecasts
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Overview
- Medium term outlook
- China
- India
- Europe
- USA
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Changes to forecast zinc consumption since previous quarter
- Smelter supply changes since last quarter
- Africa
- India
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China
- Europe
- North America
- Market adjustments
- Mine projects
- Strategic planning outlook - Long term supply considerations
- Geopolitical landscape
- Environmental challenges
- Stricter limits on Chinese concentrate imports
- 8 more item(s)...
Tables and charts
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- The relative strength of the dollar plays a key role in influencing the zinc price
- Requirement for new mine production
- Cost price relationships are used to forecast long-term prices
- Price forecasts and refined market balances
- The zinc market is facing substantial surpluses in the concentrate and metal markets for the medium term
- Concentrate market balances table
- Macro economic concerns and rising metal stocks will weigh on the zinc price in the medium term
- Near- to medium-term price scenario price forecasts (Nominal)
- Scenario prices and refined stocks in days of global consumption
- Near- to medium-term price scenario price forecasts (Real $)
- Global zinc consumption by region
- Per capita zinc consumption growth will be modest
- 25 more item(s)...
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