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BEIJING, June 23 -- Spot Chinese zinc treatment charges have dropped by nearly half over the past couple of months to around $90 a metric ton from $160-$180/ton at the start of the second quarter, Standard Bank said late Tuesday.
The 47% decline in charges reflects much tighter concentrate supplies, Standard's metals analyst Leon Westgate said in a note.
Treatment charges are fees paid to smelters to process the concentrate into refined product. Lower TCs mean lower margins for refined zinc producers.
&quot;The main reason for the decline in TCs appears to be a combination of miners paring back production, or reducing sales in the face of weaker prices, and smelters upping capacity utilization rates in expectation of increased demand,&quot; he wrote.
Chinese zinc concentrate imports in May fell 5.6% on month and 25% on year to 223,985 tons. Concentrate imports have fallen 3.6% on year in the first five months.
&quot;Whether the concentrate tightness results in significant smelting capacity closures remains to be seen,&quot; Westgate said.
&quot;However, some smelters have already brought forward scheduled maintenance closures, with that trend likely to spread unless outright prices or TCs start to recover.&quot;
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