Shanghai Inventories Increasing over 10,000 Tonnes

[SMM afternoon comment on zinc in Shanghai: The market premium rose slightly, and the transaction was modest] On the whole, the transactions between traders are mainly dealt with the average price premium today. At the same time, affected by that, the market shipments with the market price decreased, and then some holders held up the price, so that the overall transaction was modest.

Total zinc inventories across seven Chinese markets stood at 119,600 mt as of September 10, down 2,500 mt from September 6 and 4,000 mt from September 3.

Copper cathode inventory in Guangdong has been falling for 10 consecutive sessions to as low as 21,400 mt according to SMM, a significant drop of 82,400 mt or 79.4% from YTD high of 103,800 mt. The level is close to the 4-year low of the same period.

Spot premiums in Shanghai rose to 70 yuan/mt on February 18 from zero ahead of CNY due to costs during CNY holidays. However, spot premiums turned into wide discounts as of February 25 as SHFE copper prices surged, which stood at around 250 yuan/mt, a decline of nearly  460%. This signified that investors were selling aggressively to generate cash amid cash flow issues. Downstream inquiries were brisk but sellers refrained from lowering their quotes, with spot discounts stabilising between 150-140 yuan/mt.

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Buying was active in the aluminium physical market on Tuesday February 27 with narrowing spot discounts, SMM learned.

Mainstream products in Shanghai’s tin market were heard trading at 147,500-149,500 yuan/mt on Wednesday January 31, SMM learned.

As per statistics of SMM Steel, up to Dec.1st, inventory at 35 ports reaches 131.65 million tons, rising 1.41 million tons on weekly basis.

SHFE Aluminium inventories slightly rises this week, reaching 666,581 tonnes historic record.

According to SMM inventories data, this week domestic social inventories of RB steel is 4.6439 million tonnes, dropping 5.1% by 247,800 tonnes MoM.