Global zinc long-term outlook Q4 2018 Report

Commodity Market Report 18 December 2018

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What’s the key takeaway from this report?

Although 2018 was a tumultuous year for zinc, with new mine supply and the escalating trade wars dominating the market, the fundamental outlook is little changed – stocks of metal are being depleted and are set to fall to very low levels in 2019 and remain low until 2021.

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Understand our view of the impact of China’s economic restructuring and the impact the ongoing US/ China trade war will have on the zinc market in the medium term

Zinc mine production by region

Report summary

The Global Zinc Metal Market Long-term Outlook provides the latest update of detailed supply and demand analysis and price forecasts for the zinc market out to 2040. Unusually, the key issue facing the market is smelters. In the near term Chinese smelters will need to substantially lift utilisation rates in order to convert the burgeoning concentrate surplus into metal. In the longer term new smelting capacity will need to be constructed.