Industrial Minerals


SA chromite export ban


24 March 2007
Concerns over impact of Cr ore export ban threat on non-met. grades

Although no formal measures have been put in place by the South African government, the mere threat of a ban on chromite ore exports has traders and consumers scurrying around with furrowed brows – there is much uncertainty.

Regarding non-metallurgical grades of chromite ore (chemical, foundry, and refractory), traders in South Africa and Europe told IM that these grades were unlikely to be directly affected, since the focus was...