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Home / Metal News / Snapshot: Zinc spot market in Shanghai

Snapshot: Zinc spot market in Shanghai

Mar 15, 2018 13:26

Source:SMM

Trading remained flat in the Shanghai zinc spot market today as sellers were unwilling to releases cargoes after zinc prices fell.

SHANGHAI, Mar 15 (SMM) – Trading remained flat in the Shanghai zinc spot market today as sellers were unwilling to releases cargoes after zinc prices fell.

The 0# mainstream zinc traded at 24,710-24,790 yuan/mt, and the 0# common brand zinc traded at a discount of 80-70 yuan/mt today, SMM learned.

Shuangyan brand traded at a smaller discount of around 30 yuan/mt, and 1# zinc traded at 24,660-24,740 yuan/mt at noon.

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On the one hand, Teck Resources has signed an annual zinc concentrate contract with a 45% increase in TCs to $230/dmt. An escalation clause was included: if the prices of zinc exceed $3,800/mt, TCs will rise by $0.05/mt for every $1/mt increase in the prices of LME zinc, but if the zinc prices fall, TCs will remain unchanged (the same as the 20%/80% price sharing scheme in China).

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SMM Comments

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