Zinc's current fundamentals are still optimistic. We need to be on guard against macro risks next week. [selected SMM Zinc Weekly]

The following is an excerpt from the weekly report of the zinc industry chain:

In terms of zinc, the higher-than-expected inflation rate in the United States rose to 7.5% in January, while the Federal Reserve Board will review and decide on the lending ratio and discount rate next Tuesday, both pointing to a result: the Fed may speed up and intensify its action to raise interest rates and reduce debt, which will also be the biggest macro risk from February to March. Going back to the fundamentals, whether it is the natural gas contract signed by China and Russia, Europe has not yet found enough natural gas suppliers, or the possibility that Beixi No. 2 has not been passed for the time being has led to a high electricity price caused by natural gas shortage. the recovery of European refinery production is still not expected. The resilience of consumption is also supporting the destocking of lme inventories, pushing European spot stocks up to $450,500 / tonne. Overall, the need to pay attention to the macro risk, you can consider a callback to do long or wait for the long zinc price, which is expected to run at 3600-3750 US dollars / ton.

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Catalogue of "SMM Zinc Industry chain Weekly report" in this issue

Main points of this weekly report: processing fees, import profit and loss inventory

Zinc industry hot spot: January 2022 SMM China refined zinc production is expected to be 517600 tons, an increase of 4300 tons month-on-month or a decrease of 4.56% compared with the same period last year

Zinc concentrate market: the trend of domestic and foreign ore processing fees split the overall domestic ore supply is still tight

Refinery dynamics

Imported zinc market

Zinc market forecasts next week: fundamentals are still optimistic and alert to macro risks

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Zinc plating

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