Zinc Market Trends and Forecast
The future of the zinc market looks promising with opportunities in the construction and infrastructure, transportation, consumer goods, and industrial machinery sectors. The global zinc market is expected to reach $49.6 billion in 2027 and it is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.6% from 2021 to 2027. The major drivers for this market are increasing demand for galvanized steel and infrastructure development in emerging markets like India, Brazil, and Indonesia. Furthermore, growing demand from niche applications like smartphones, electric vehicles, mild hybrid engines, and power grid storage will drive the global zinc market.

Evolution of Zinc Opportunities
Zinc opportunities have evolved through number of stages as presented in figure below:

Emerging Trends in the Zinc Market
Emerging trends, which have a direct impact on the dynamics of the industry, include increasing use of hot-dip galvanizing in automotive for advance high strength steels (AHSS) with exceptional surface quality, increase in use of zinc-air batteries in electric vehicles, and use of zinc in depression and psychosis.
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Zinc Market by Segment
The study includes a forecast for the global zinc market by end use industry, application, source, process, mining location type (production wise), and by region as follows:
Zinc Market by End Use [Volume (KT) and $M shipment analysis for 2016 – 2027]:

  • Construction and Infrastructure
  • Transportation
  • Consumer Goods
  • Industrial Machinery
  • Others


Zinc Market by Application [Volume (KT) and $M shipment analysis for 2016 – 2027]:

  • Galvanizing
  • Zinc Base Alloy (Die casting)
  • Brass and Bronze
  • Zinc Compounds
  • Zinc Semis
  • Others


Zinc Market by Process [Volume (KT) and $M shipment analysis for 2016 – 2027]:

  • Hydrometallurgical Process
  • Pyrometallurgical Process


Zinc Market by Source [Volume (KT) and $M shipment analysis for 2016 – 2027]:

  • Primary (From Mining)
  • Secondary (From Recycling)


Zinc Market by Mining Location Type (Production wise) [Volume (KT) and $M shipment analysis for 2021]:

  • Underground
  • Open Pit Type
  • Combination of Both


Zinc Market by Region [Volume (KT) and $M shipment analysis for 2016 – 2027]:

  • North America
  • ·US
  • ·Canada
  • ·Mexico
  • Europe
  • ·Germany
  • ·The United Kingdom
  • ·France
  • ·Russia
  • Asia Pacific
  • ·China
  • ·Japan
  • ·India
  • ·South Korea
  • The Rest of the World
  • ·Brazil
  • ·Argentina


List of Zinc Companies
Companies in the market compete on the basis of product quality offered. Major players in this market focus on expanding their manufacturing facilities, R&D investments, infrastructural development, and leverage integration opportunities across the value chain. With these strategies zinc companies cater increasing demand, ensure competitive effectiveness, develop innovative products & technologies, reduce production costs, and expand their customer base. Some of the zinc companies profiled in this report includes.

  • Glencore International AG
  • Nyrstar N.V.
  • Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
  • Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
  • Boliden Group
  • China Minmetals Corp. Ltd.
  • Nexa Resources SA
  • Shaanxi Non-ferrous Metals Holding Group Co., Ltd
  • Teck Resources Ltd.
  • Pe?oles
  • Noranda Income Fund


Zinc Market Insight

  • Lucintel forecasts that construction and infrastructure will remain the largest end use industry over the forecast period due to increasing urbanization, industrialization, building, and construction activities
  • Galvanizing will remain the largest segment and it is expected to witness the highest growth over the forecast period due to growing demand of galvanized steel in construction, automobile, and other industrial sectors.
  • Asia Pacific will remain the largest region and it is expected to witness the highest growth over the forecast period supported by increasing urbanization, industrialization, and building and construction activities in this region, especially in China and India.


Features of Zinc Market

  • Market Size Estimates:Zinc market size estimation in terms of value ($M) and volume (KT)
  • Trend and Forecast Analysis:Market trends (2016-2021) and forecast (2022-2027) by various segments and regions.
  • Segmentation Analysis:Market size by end use, application, process, resource and location type
  • Regional Analysis:Zinc market breakdown by North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World.
  • Growth Opportunities:Analysis of growth opportunities in different end use, application, process, resource location type,and regions for the zinc market.
  • Strategic Analysis:This includes M&A, new product development, and competitive landscape for the zinc market.
  • Analysis of competitive intensity of the industry based on Porter’s Five Forces model.


FAQ
Q1. What is the zinc market size?
Answer:The global zinc market is expected to reach an estimated $49.6 billion by 2027
Q2. What is the growth forecast for zinc market?
Answer:The zinc market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.6% from 2021 to 2027.
Q3. What are the major drivers influencing the growth of the zinc market?
Answer: The major drivers for this market are increasing demand for galvanized steel and infrastructure development in emerging markets like India, Brazil, and Indonesia. Furthermore, growing demand from niche applications like smartphones, electric vehicles, mild hybrid engines, and power grid storage will drive the global zinc market.
Q4. What are the major applications or end use industries for zinc ?
Answer:Construction and infrastructure are the major end use industries for zinc.
Q5. What are the emerging trends in zinc market?
Answer:Emerging trends, which have a direct impact on the dynamics of the industry, include increasing use of hot-dip galvanizing in automotive for advance high strength steels (AHSS) with exceptional surface quality, increase in use of zinc-air batteries in electric vehicles, and use of zinc in depression and psychosis.
Q6. Who are the key zinc companies?
Answer:Some of the key zinc companies are as follows:

  • Glencore International AG
  • Nyrstar N.V.
  • Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
  • Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
  • Boliden Group
  • China Minmetals Corp. Ltd.
  • Nexa Resources SA
  • Shaanxi Non-ferrous Metals Holding Group Co., Ltd
  • Teck Resources Ltd.
  • Pe?oles
  • Noranda Income Fund


Q7.Which zinc product segment will be the largest in future?
Answer: Lucintel forecasts that galvanizing will remain the largest segment and it is expected to witness the highest growth over the forecast period due to growing demand of galvanized steel in construction, automobile, and other industrial sectors.
Q8: In zinc market, which region is expected to be the largest in next 5 years?
Answer:Asia Pacific is expected to remain the largest region and witness the highest growth over next 5 years
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This report answers following 11 key questions
Q.1 What are some of the most promising potential, high growth opportunities for the global zinc market by end use (construction and infrastructure, transportation, consumer goods, industrial machinery, and others), application (galvanizing, zinc base alloy, brass and bronze, zinc compounds, zinc semis, and others), process (hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical), by source (primary and secondary), by mining location type (underground, open pit type, and combination of both), and region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World)?
Q. 2 Which segments will grow at a faster pace and why?
Q.3 Which regions will grow at a faster pace and why?
Q.4 What are the key factors affecting market dynamics? What are the drivers and challenges of the market?
Q.5 What are the business risks and threats to the market?
Q.6 What are the emerging trends in this market and the reasons behind them?
Q.7 What are the changing demands of customers in the market?
Q.8 What are the new developments in the market? Which companies are leading these developments?
Q.9 Who are the major players in this market? What strategic initiatives are being implemented by key players for business growth?
Q.10 What are some of the competitive products and processes in this area and how big of a threat do they pose for loss of market share via material or product substitution?
Q.11 What M & A activities have taken place in the last 5 years in this market?

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