China News Network March 11th According to the information of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the operation of the lead and zinc industry in 2019: In 2019, the overall operation of China's lead and zinc industry was stable, but the downward pressure on mines increased, price shocks fell, and industry benefits appeared. Differentiation.
It is mainly reflected in the following points:
The output of concentrates decreased year-on-year, and the output of recycled metals continued to increase. In 2019, affected by environmental protection and other issues, the output of lead and zinc concentrates was 1.231 million tons and 2.806 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5% and 1%. The domestic self-sufficiency rate of lead and zinc mineral resources continued to decline. In 2019, the production of lead and zinc was 5.8 million tons and 6.24 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 14.9% and 9.2%. Among them, the output of recycled lead increased by 5.5% year-on-year; the output of recycled zinc increased by 22.9% year-on-year, and the integration of recycled zinc enterprises with primary lead-zinc smelting enterprises and steel smelting enterprises continued to accelerate.
Concentrate imports increased, and lead-acid battery exports continued to decline. In 2019, the physical volume of imported lead concentrate and zinc concentrate was 1.612 million tons and 3.174 million tons, an increase of 31.7% and 17.5% year-on-year; the import of refined lead and zinc concentrate was 94,000 tons and 605,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 26.4% and 15.4%. . In 2019, China exported 17,092,000 lead-acid batteries, a year-on-year decrease of 9.3%.
Prices fluctuated and fell, and the industry's benefits were clearly differentiated. In 2019, the average spot prices of lead and zinc were 16,611 yuan / ton and 20,277 yuan / ton, down 12.8% and 13.6% year-on-year. The lead and zinc industry realized a profit of 17.03 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 16.6%. Among them, due to the drop in the price of lead and zinc, the profit of lead and zinc ore mining and processing reached 9.59 billion yuan, a decrease of 44.0% year-on-year; affected by the loose supply of global lead and zinc concentrates, the processing costs of lead and zinc concentrates rose year on year, and the lead and zinc smelting industry realized Profit was 7.44 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 126.1%.
Insufficient consumption power, investment increased year-on-year. According to the statistics of the Nonferrous Metals Association, the apparent consumption of lead is basically the same as last year, and the apparent consumption of zinc has increased by 4.7% year-on-year. China's lead and zinc consumption is dominated by domestic demand. As the output of lead end-use consumer goods such as automobiles declines, and lead-acid battery exports continue to decline, facing substitution shocks in many fields, lead consumption growth has been sluggish. The decline in the growth of the consumer sector and the impact of declining production, the zinc consumption situation is not optimistic. In 2019, with the continuous advancement of projects such as the construction of lead-zinc mines and comprehensive recovery of smelting resources, the investment in lead-zinc mining and smelting increased by 7.0% and 31.1% year-on-year respectively.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pointed out that in 2020, the green development of the lead and zinc industry is still arduous. The entire industry will continue to deepen the supply-side structural reforms in accordance with the requirements of the Central Economic Work Conference. Reconstruction and comprehensive utilization of resources, promote the collaboration of primary lead smelting enterprises and battery production enterprises, actively use secondary materials, and promote high-quality development of the industry.