Industrial Minerals


Uncertainty surrounds Q2 South African chromite prices

15 March 2011

by IM prices reporter

New prices for non-metallurgical grades expected at end of March

Keywords: chromite, chrome ore, foundry, chemicals, refractories

The chromite market remains uncertain whether prices for non-metallurgical grades from South Africa will rise over the next quarter or stabilise at current levels, industry sources told IM.

Certain producers of non-met chromite in South Africa, one of the world’s largest sources of supply, will not release pricing for the second quarter of 2011 until the end of the month,

 “We are waiting for prices to be released and don’t quite understand why South African producers have not yet issued pricing levels for the...