From 2012 to quarter 1 of 2014, 42% South African chrome ores future price continued to decline. In Q1 of 2014, future monthly average price of 42% S.A. Cr ores fell to USD145/mt, decreasing by USD37 than the same time of 2013.

For the excess supply, the ferrochrome market in China continued to decline in the first 10months, and so as to the import FeCr from South Africa. It could be seen from the following chart, the S.A. FeCr future and spot price last the falling trend, especially...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The latest tender prices of ferrochrome from China’s major stainless steel producers remained the same as last month. The prices ceased to decline caused by the dry season of Southern China and the closure of ferrochrome plants in Inner Mong...

Chromium Metal Price in China Stayed Stable Despite of the Drop in Europe

[Ferro-Alloys.com]As Baosteel lowered their tender prices for micro-and low-carbon ferrochrome at the end of Oct, the main quotation for micro-and low-carbon ferrochrome dipped in Qinghai by RMB200/t.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Turkey has been China’s the second largest exporter of chrome ore following South Africa since 2007. However, China increased its import volume of chrome ore from Albania by about 370k tons in 2013 by comparison of 2012, and the volume is ab...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to statistic of Zinbabwe Customs, the ferroalloy (high carbon ferrochrome) export kept stable at the level of 250~280 thousand ton tons. Almost all of the materiasls were shipped to Mozambique.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s import volume of chrome ore totaled 7,486,503 tons in Jan-Sept 2014, among which 4,462,060 tons are from South Africa, 1,105,680 tons from Turkey ,471,730 tons from Albania and 374,897 tons from Iran.