Zinc Concentrate TCs Fall in Inner Mongolia on Supply Tightness, SMM Reports

[Zhuye Group releases 2025 annual report] On April 17, Zhuye Group released its 2025 annual report. The report showed that in 2025, Zhuye Group's total production of zinc and zinc alloys was 659,600 mt, total production of sulphuric acid was 677,100 mt, total production of lead and lead alloys was 105,900 mt, total production of gold was 4,285 kg, and total production of silver was 318.23 mt. Taking into account industry trends and the company's actual conditions, the core product production targets for 2026 balance both growth and efficiency: zinc and zinc alloy production of 645,000 mt, lead and lead alloy production of 100,000 mt, mine raw ore production of 860,000 mt, gold production of 4.2 mt, and silver production of 300 mt.

Ajou University announced on April 16 that the research team has developed a technology to redesign the surface of zinc metal, significantly improving the performance of aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Batteries applying this technology demonstrated stable operation for over 500 hours under high-power conditions and retained more than 70% of their performance after over 1,500 charge–discharge cycles.

[Smelters Actively Scrambled for Domestic Ore, TCs in Multiple Regions of China Continued to Decline]: Based on weekly data, the SMM Zn50 domestic weekly average TC fell 100 yuan/mt Zn WoW to 1,250 yuan/mt Zn, and the SMM imported zinc concentrate index dropped $9.25/dmt WoW to -$28.5/dmt...