International Chromium Development Association (ICDA) awarded Outokumpu’s operations in Kemi Mine, Finland, for the progress in safety improvements in contractors’ safety. The award is based on voting of ICDA member companies.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The spread of high-carbon ferrochrome prices between Southern and Northern China increased after the tender prices changes from the steel mills in November, and the average price of high-carbon ferrochrome slipped without solid support.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Steel mills in Northern China, including TISCO, Henan Xinjinhui Stainless Steel and Hebei Steel, lowered their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome in November. The decline in the new around of tender prices brought increasing pressures t...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Spot and futures prices of chrome ores remained stable, while the ferrochrome producers held indifferent attitude in purchasing chrome ores.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Chrome ore prices remained stable last week. China’s high-carbon ferrochrome prices began to stabilize when Tsingshan Group released its new around tender price which kept a rollover from the previous month.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China’s stainless steel mill drastically cut its tender price and amount of high-carbon ferrochrome in October, which put China’s ferrochrome industry in a more difficult situation. A decline of operation rate was seen, which greatly decrea...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]As most stainless steel mills lowered their tender prices of high-carbon ferrochrome in October, pressure on chrome ore prices increased and the price slipped. Ferrochrome producers' enthusiasm of production was greatly hit by the continued d...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]The continued fall of high-carbon ferrochrome prices and the negative expectation of the new tender prices lead to the decline of chrome ore futures prices, while the spot prices remained stable. China’s imported chrome ore fell in August af...