2026 marks the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. Against the backdrop of intensifying global macro volatility and the deepening advancement of high-quality development in China, the zinc industry is undergoing profound transformations: structural tensions are emerging between ore-side tightness and the release of smelting capacity, divergent domestic and overseas inventories reflect the complex dynamics of supply-demand rebalancing, and technological innovation is becoming a key driving force in resolving contradictions and reshaping the competitive landscape. Key areas under the 15th Five-Year Plan, such as new energy and new-type infrastructure, are injecting fresh momentum into traditional zinc consumption, while green, low-carbon development and the circular economy, driven by technological innovation, are accelerating the restructuring of the industry's underlying logic.
With the joint support of upstream and downstream enterprises across the zinc industry, industry associations, and relevant stakeholders, SMM is pleased to announce that SMM Zinc Conference 2026, along with the 8th Hot-Dip Galvanizing Industry Development and Technology Innovation Forum, the 14th Zinc Salt, Zinc Oxide and Secondary Zinc Resources Development Forum, and the Cast Zinc Alloy Development Forum, is about to be held from August 6-8 in Qingdao, Shandong. Under the theme "Converging Zinc Momentum, Building the Zinc Industry, Forge a New Journey," the conference is driven by two wheels: macro perspectives and fundamental analysis. It will closely follow the main thread of the 15th Five-Year Plan's high-quality development, focusing on four major dimensions—macro policies, the supply-demand pattern, global trade, and technological innovation. The goal is to drive cost reduction and efficiency gains through technological breakthroughs, respond to market fluctuations with collaborative innovation, and jointly chart a new blueprint for the high-quality, sustainable development of the zinc industry.Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co., Ltd.will make a grand appearance at this event, engaging with industry peers in exploring trends and jointly advancing the zinc industry to new heights.
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◆ Company Overview ◆
Gansu Changba Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co., Ltd., operates the Chengzhou Zinc Smelter and the Changba Lead-Zinc Mine. It is a large state-owned nonferrous metals enterprise integrating lead-zinc mining, beneficiation, smelting, and scientific research. The Chengzhou Zinc Smelter currently has an annual production capacity of 100kt of zinc ingot and is a modern smelter combining zinc metal smelting, comprehensive resource utilization, and R&D into new nonferrous smelting processes. The enterprise adheres to the development direction of "lean synergy, digital integration, and green guidance," closely focusing on the goal of forging a benchmark for ultimate quality and continuously achieving breakthroughs in the improvement of zinc smelting quality. In 2026, its first batch of high-purity zinc ingots with a purity of 99.998% rolled off the production line smoothly, injecting solid momentum into enhancing the enterprise's core competitiveness, expanding the high-end zinc market, and promoting high-quality development.
Chengzhou Zinc Smelter has consistently pursued excellence and continuous improvement. Achieving a major breakthrough with the successful production of 99.998% high-purity zinc ingot, it continues to increase R&D investment, actively introduces advanced and applicable production technologies and equipment, strives to build a high-caliber professional technical talent team, constantly optimizes the production process for 99.997% high-purity zinc ingot, and steadily carries out technical research on even higher-purity zinc products.
◆ Acclaimed Quality: Certified by Authorities ◆
The exceptional quality of the 99.998% high-purity zinc ingot has been widely recognized by authoritative institutions within and outside the industry, with numerous heavyweight awards bearing witness to its quality standard:
· Technology Innovation Awards: By leveraging core technological breakthroughs such as the "Research and Application of a Standard for Low-Impurity Electrolytic Zinc," it won the "Second Prize for Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology," the "First Prize of the Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award," and the "Grand Prize for Science and Technology from CITIC Guoan Group Co., Ltd.," earning multi-level recognition for its technical prowess at national, provincial, and city/county levels; "R&D and Application of High-Quality Zinc Ingot Preparation Process Technology" won the Bronze Award at the 11th International Exhibition of Inventions and the BRICS Skills Development and Technology Innovation Competition; "Full-Process Lean Control Creates Excellent Zinc Ingot Quality" won the Second Prize for Modernized Management Innovation Achievements in the Nonferrous Metals Industry in 2025; it built the city’s first 5G+ digital workshop, deploying industrial robots and unmanned AGV systems to achieve full-process automation in ingot production, increasing production efficiency by 30%.
· Product Quality Awards: Its main product, zinc ingot (including the 99.997% specification), and its by-product, sulphuric acid, both received the highest honor for the physical quality assessment of nonferrous metal products—the "Gold Cup Award," an authoritative industry endorsement of their consistent quality and superiority. It was recognized as a "Quality Brand" by the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) in 2025.
· Market Access Certifications: The main product, zinc ingot, was successfully registered on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, granting it standardized market circulation qualifications; its brand value reached 2.482 billion yuan, ranking 31st nationally among "Product Brands," laying a solid foundation for the market promotion of 99.997% high-purity zinc ingot.
◆ Diverse Applications: Empowering High-End Industries ◆
With extremely low impurity content and excellent chemical stability, 99.998% high-purity zinc ingot demonstrates irreplaceable application value in multiple high-end fields:
· High-End Electronics Field: As a core raw material for electronic component plating, its low-impurity properties effectively enhance the conductivity and service life of electronic devices, with widespread use in the production of precision electronic components such as integrated circuits and smartphone chips.
· Aerospace field: Used in anti-corrosion coatings and lightweight alloy material manufacturing for aerospace components, their stable physical and chemical properties can adapt to extreme environments, ensuring the reliability of aerospace equipment.
· Pharmaceutical and chemical field: As a raw material for pharmaceutical intermediates and high-end catalysts, its high purity ensures product safety and efficacy, meeting the stringent standards of the pharmaceutical and chemical industry.
· New energy field: In the production of new energy products such as zinc-based batteries and energy storage devices, high-purity zinc ingots can improve battery energy density and cycle life, aiding the upgrading of the new energy industry.
◆ Outstanding Performance: Market Recognition Demonstrates Strength ◆
With a zinc ingot capacity of 100,000 mt, the 99.998% high-purity zinc ingot, leveraging its core strengths of low lead, low iron, and low cadmium, gained high recognition from downstream clients upon market launch and delivered an impressive market performance:
· Leading product quality: The zinc ingot purity is 99.998%, with lead content of 0.0009%, iron content stably at 0.0003%, and cadmium, tin, and aluminum all maintained at 0.0002% over the long term, positioning it at a leading level in the zinc smelting industry.
· Extensive market coverage: The product has quickly been sold to core markets such as Shanghai and Xuzhou, covering multiple sectors including high-end electronics and precision manufacturing, breaking the market supply bottleneck for high-end, high-purity zinc ingots.
· Leading customer satisfaction: Leveraging stable purity, extremely low impurity content, and reliable supply capacity, it has built a stable client base and strong market reputation. In 2025, customer satisfaction was 100%.
◆ Future Outlook: Continuously Leading in High-Quality Development ◆
Chengzhou Zinc Smelter has always adhered to excellence and the pursuit of perfection. The successful production of 99.998% high-purity zinc ingots marked an important breakthrough. It continues to increase R&D investment, actively introduces advanced and applicable production technologies and equipment, strives to build a high-quality professional technical talent team, continuously optimizes the production process for 99.997% high-purity zinc ingots, and steadily carries out technical breakthroughs for even higher-purity zinc products. At the same time, it deepens industry-university-research collaborative innovation, expands the application scenarios of high-purity zinc in high-end manufacturing, new materials, and other fields, and promotes interconnected improvement and coordinated development of the upstream and downstream industry chain. The enterprise aims to become a lean benchmark in the industry, continuously strengthens whole-process quality management, delves into green and low-carbon production, accelerates intelligent transformation and upgrading, and through solid efforts and real achievements, promotes the enterprise’s quality and efficiency improvement, transformation, and upgrading, contributing tangible “Chengye strength” to the high-quality development of the zinc smelting industry.
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2026 SMM Zinc Conference
