According to Customs Statistic of China, the chrome ore import in Mar 2015 was 868,858 tons, up by 36% M-o-M, and slightly down by 1% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from South Africa and Turkey with import volumes respectively at 650,844 tons and 51...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]As China’s Spring Festivals gets nearer, most ferrochrome producers had finished their chrome ore purchase before Spring Festival vacation.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s monthly import volume of chrome ore was in an uptrend channel from 2008 to 2013, creating an 7-year high in July 2013 with a monthly import volume at around 1.4 million tonnes.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China imported 516025 tonnes of chrome ores in Nov 2014, down 22.6% over the previous month. Due to the sluggish market of its downstream, there were huge declines in the import volumes of chrome ore for every month since Mar 2014 expect June...

China’s Spot Prices of Turkey Origin Chrome Ore 48% Concentrate in 2012-2014.11

China’s Spot Prices of Turkey Origin Chrome Ore 42% Lumpy in 2012-2014.11

China’s Spot Prices of S.A. Origin Chrome Ore 44% Concentrate in 2012-2014.11

[Ferro-Alloy.com]Most ferrochrome producers have resumed their production since Nov 13, but the monthly output would be cut down. The first month would see a cut of 50k tonnes in production, which would decrease a purchase of 120k tonnes of chrome ore. At the ...