Offers of Minor Metals in Europe (2015-9-8)

[Weak Market Transactions During the Week, Guangdong Spot Premiums Continued to Decline] Zinc prices continued their upward trend this week, while downstream end-users in Guangdong showed weak purchasing interest. Coupled with the successive arrivals of some enterprises' long-term contract cargoes, market trading sentiment was sluggish, and spot premiums continued to decline......

[Order Demand Improved in Some Segments, and Zinc Oxide Operating Rates Rebounded Steadily] This week, the rise in zinc oxide operating rates was mainly due to generally strong orders at large plants, while improved orders at some enterprises also drove operating rates higher......

[Consumption Performance Varied Across Market Segments, and Die-Casting Zinc Alloy Operating Rates Are Expected to Decline Next Week] From the order performance perspective, terminal hardware enterprises had already completed stockpiling at low price levels earlier, and demand was suppressed after prices rose recently. Overall, orders across various die-casting zinc alloy segments showed mediocre performance. Among them, zipper hardware was in the peak consumption season, and relatively solid demand was broadly in line with enterprise expectations......