Tight Supply Increased the Potentiality of Price Hike [Ferro-Alloys.com]Last Thursday, the ferrochrome plants resumed their production after the shutdown over the APEC, which would shorten the supply of high-carbon ferrochrome in short term, adding that the...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]All the ferrochrome plants in Inner Mongolia have been shut down since Oct. 28 due to the APEC in Beijing. And they will not be resumed until Nov. 12. Thanks to the lower prices of power and coal, Inner Mongolia now is the largest area where ...

Turkey Export&Import Statistics of Ferro-chromium in Jan-July, 2014

[Ferro-Alloys.com]WWW.Ferro-Alloys.cn ’s message: As is shown in this picture, the price of ferrochrome in China is presented a downward trend in the past two years.

At the end of July, the high carbon FeCr production was stable. Due to the poor market condition, the recovered capacity was not obvious, while the total supply was adequate. The suppliers said the purchasing was not optimistic now for the weak demand.

In June 2014, China imported 139.9thousand tons FeCr, which decreased by 30.15% month on month while increased by 31.75% year on year.

This week High C FeCr prices kept steady at , ex-work tax-inclusive price in cash. But spot prices of imported FeCr went down RMB100/mt(USD16/mt) from last week.

This week FeCr producers kept normal production and producers offered much varied quotations. Some producers lowered quotations as Baosteel and Tsingshan Group both lowered July purchase prices of FeCr.