[Ferro-Alloys.com]South Africa origin chrome ore 42% concentrate prices remained a downtrend in 2012 and 2013. The prices kept rising in the first half of 2014 despite the continuous declining of high carbon ferrochrome prices.

[Ferro-Alloy.com]Most of China’s steel mills have raised their December purchasing prices for high carbon ferrochrome, which released the downtrend pressure of chrome ores. Currently, the prices for most chrome ores remained stable.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]According to date of China Customs, China's import volume of chrome ore and concentrate totaled 666.8k tonnes, down 25.4% ...

In Oct. 2014, China imported 666.8thousand tons chrome ore, which decreased by 25.4% and 33% month on month and year on year, recording the lowest level in recent 23months. In addition, compared with the same period of last year, most of the minerals’ imports...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]In recent days, the spot supply of Turkey origin chrome ore concentrate became tighter and tighter, and the ferrochrome producers can hardly find the suppliers of this type of chrome ore.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chrome ore prices slipped a little over the weak demand in the dull market. The futures prices of South Africa origin chrome ore concentrate...

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.

[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...