The ferrochrome market is nearing the bottom of the cycle. This is evidenced by the fact that the latest price contractions have resulted in closures across the supply chain, states mining consultancy Core Consultants MD Lara Smith.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s high-carbon ferrochrome prices from both domestic producers and foreign suppliers fell under the pressure of dramatic decline of China’s major stainless steel mills, while prices from most of China’s domestic high-carbon ferrochrom...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's stainless steel output totaled 21,562.2k tonnes in 2015, which declined by 129.5k tonnes from the previous year, down by 0.60%. Cr-Ni steel output totals 11,265.4k tonnes, up by 400.3k tonnes or 3.68%, accounting for 52.25% of the tot...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Several celebrities left us recently before the arrival of Lunar New Year, indicating that it is hard at the end of the year. China's economy is suffering as circuit breaker has been triggered twice in the first week of 2016 in Shanghai Secur...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's exported chrome ore totaled 213.84 tonnes in December 2015, up 345.5% over the same period last year. China's exported chrome ore totaled 3275.915 tonnes in 2015, down 66.14% over the previous year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China's imported chrome ore totaled 771625.132 tonnes in December 2015, up 7.01% over the same period last year. China's imported chrome ore totaled 10396499.479 tonnes in 2015, up 10.77% over the previous year.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]High-carbon ferrochrome tender prices from China's major stainless steel mills have dipped by RMB1,000/T 50% basis, about 16%, in December 2015 and January 2016, China's domestic high-carbon ferrochrome prices and imported ferrochrome prices ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]All of China’s major stainless steel mills have settled their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome, seeing great decline in the new tender prices, and their purchasing amount changed too. December 2015 and January 2016 see dramatic fall ...