Some industry stakeholders have suggested that a special electricity tariff would be a “better way” to support the embattled ferrochrome ore industry, rather than government’s recently approved export tax on exported chrome.

The two major iron and steel enterprises in northern Guangdong are linked

The contradiction between supply and demand in the steel market will be further eased

All 7 450m3 blast furnaces in Tangshan City are eliminated

TISCO and Dongfang Electric signed a strategic cooperation agreement

Although the loss suffered by ferrochrome company Merafe Resources decreased in 2020, its electricity risk remains and its logistics challenges are intensifying.

The lack of availability in high vol A is expected to lend support to miners with high vol B volumes to offer.

Chinese ferro-molybdenum prices are expected to hold firm in the near term in view of higher concentrate feedstock costs and strong demand from steelmakers, according to market participants.