Friday, June 04, 2010
Battery manufacturers purchase lead ingot inactively
Lead ingot price fell by a small margin on Thursday to RMB14,500-14,600/t (USD2,123-2,382/t). The current macroeconomics situation is gloomy, and in the wake of the slack season of lead ingot, lead market is confronted with more pressure. Battery manufacturers keep watching the lead ingot market.
A source from a Guangdong-based battery company reported, "Along with the summer's coming, our demand of lead ingot in May decreased by about 100t from last month." This battery producer consumed 500t of lead ingot in May. They usually purchase 300t of lead ingot every half a month.
"The recent offers are around RMB14,500-14,800/t (USD2,123-2,167/t), which are much lower than the smelters' production cost," said the source: "The low price is beneficial to us to cut the cost, but many smelters are reluctant to sell at the current price." According to the source they still hold 700t of lead ingot on hand.
A source from a Henan-based smelter told us, "We decreased the offer again from RMB14,600/t (USD2,382/t) to RMB14,500/t (USD2,123/t) on Thursday." The production of the smelter is about 5,000tpm. "Some downstream manufacturers are not in a hurry to return to the market and keep watching the market, as they still have inventories on hand. "
The influence factor of the lead price is complicated. Due to the slack economy and summer's come, most market participants predict the price might fall unceasingly.
A source from a Guangdong-based battery company reported, "Along with the summer's coming, our demand of lead ingot in May decreased by about 100t from last month." This battery producer consumed 500t of lead ingot in May. They usually purchase 300t of lead ingot every half a month.
"The recent offers are around RMB14,500-14,800/t (USD2,123-2,167/t), which are much lower than the smelters' production cost," said the source: "The low price is beneficial to us to cut the cost, but many smelters are reluctant to sell at the current price." According to the source they still hold 700t of lead ingot on hand.
A source from a Henan-based smelter told us, "We decreased the offer again from RMB14,600/t (USD2,382/t) to RMB14,500/t (USD2,123/t) on Thursday." The production of the smelter is about 5,000tpm. "Some downstream manufacturers are not in a hurry to return to the market and keep watching the market, as they still have inventories on hand. "
The influence factor of the lead price is complicated. Due to the slack economy and summer's come, most market participants predict the price might fall unceasingly.
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