News & Analysis

"Quizas, Quizas, Quizas": Cr market expectations for Q3 and its long overdue recovery hopes Q2 2020 for the ferrochrome industry has been a two-sided [...]

Exchange rate and selected prices. Lost in conversion 2 The graph below shows that some countries have experienced severe depreciation of national currencies since [...]

Catch up if you can In light of recent news from India and South Africa, the Bidding Price for June from Tsingshan and Baosteel [...]

Bad things come in two’s The current economic situation continues to affect the FeCr market. This is a combination of oversupply of chromium ore, [...]

Ferrochrome and viral outbreak in China — what’s ahead? Over the last few days TSS, TISCO and Baosteel announced their Bidding price rollover for [...]

Going short or going long? During the last week of 2019, major Stainless-steel mills in China have announced their bidding prices and as anticipated before these [...]

Standing at a roundabout Recently, major Stainless-steel mills in China have announced their bidding prices: Both Baosteel and Tsingshan decreased their prices by approximately [...]

Bolivar cannot carry double Over the month of October, the ferrochrome industry was puzzled by disaccord in bidding prices and terms from major consumers [...]

Chrome alloys global market — challenges and prospects UNICHROME AG presentation at the CIS Ferroalloys Conference in Istanbul on September 19-20, 2019

Lost in… conversion With the summer end, slowdown is starting to ease up. Despite positive market news such as nickel price surge (around 32% [...]

European Benchmark Q3 2019 Last week Merafe released Q3 2019 European Benchmark, which now stands at 1.04 USD/lb, a drop of 13% from 1.20 [...]

No easy way out TISCO and Tsingshan just announced their June Tender Prices, the drop of 350 RMB/t (6550 RMB/t and 6746 RMB/t respectively). [...]

How big is the fish? China Tender Price increase for April 2019 As anticipated earlier, April bidding prices were announced at 300 rmb/mt above March level [...]

A Step towards the Right Direction The Q2 2019 European Benchmark has just been settled at 1.20 USD/lb, an increase of 7.1%. The announcement [...]

FeCr Market: from Regional Trends to a Global Picture UNICHROME AG presentation at the 20th Asian Ferroalloys Conference in Hong Kong on March 10-12, 2019 [...]

Up From the Bottom Recently, major stainless-steel mills in China have announced their ferrochrome bidding prices for March deliveries. Just like in October, TISCO [...]

Ferroalloys and ferrochrome market: transforming today from past to future UNICHROME AG presentation at the Argus Metals Week in London on March 1, 2019

Truck tire will not fix town car broken wheel Recently some of the ferrochrome market participants suggested that international ferrochrome prices should be based [...]

Mouse or Elephant — looking forward to Q1 2019 The end of December is approaching, and the ferrochrome industry is preparing for the Q1 [...]

FeCr Supply Factors Overview November, 2018 1. ESKOM has been in denial about coal cliff ESKOM is now running short on the coal stocks [...]

Weekly Market Overview: October 22-26, 2018 Eskom wants to increase electricity prices by 15% This is a continues issue that plagues South Africa, despite [...]

Ferrochrome market diversity: crossroad or roundabout? UNICHROME AG presentation at the North American Ferroalloys Conference in Chicago on September 26-28, 2018

Mouse or Elephant? If you see a mouse under the inscription of an elephant, do not believe your eyes! EU Benchmark vs CIF China [...]

And the pendulum continues to swing The trade tension between China and the USA is gearing up on the daily basis. Recently United States [...]

When the smoke is going down Let’s look at the latest announcement of 700rmb/mt increase for July of ferrochrome bidding price by biggest stainless [...]

From dusk till dawn. Possible environmental cutbacks and global ferrochrome market in Q3 2018 Currently, the ferrochrome prices have started rising due to potential [...]

Q3 2018 more of the same or change in trend? As we expressed in our last column, the necessity for FeCr China Tender prices to [...]

A Few thoughts on the second half of 2018 With the first half of 2018 almost over, we would like to point out couple [...]

Today’s Market: is there a way forward to less volatility? UNICHROME AG presentation at the ICDA Members’ Meeting in Paris on April 24-26, 2018 [...]

UNICHROME presentation at the 19th Asian Ferroalloys Conference in Hong Kong UNICHROME AG presentation at the 19rd Asian Ferroalloys Conference in Hong Kong on March 20-22, [...]

2018 Episode: A New Hope While China is enjoying its annul festivities, South Africa has become a center of attention for the ferrochrome and [...]

"Back to the Future". FeCr Feb tender: more RMB means less Rands per unit For the second consecutive month, stainless steel producers in China [...]

Start of 2018: "For a few dollars more" With 2018 being only two weeks old, some positive news seems to come. That will [...]

"Tomorrow never dies" — What is ahead for ferrochrome? Some positive news are coming this week between Christmas and New Year. As we expected in UNICHROME, [...]

"Live and Let Die" — a Couple of Thoughts on New Benchmark Developments Recently, there has been quite a bit of a dynamic development [...]

“You Only Live Twice…” Could 2018 be same or more turbulent for Cr than 2017? Once again, the market is hit by a [...]

UNICHROME presentation at the 33rd Ferroalloys Conference in Lisbon, Portugal UNICHROME AG presentation at the 33rd Ferroalloys Conference in Lisbon, Portugal on November 19-21, 2017 Chrome: Today’s Market [...]

Q4 2017/Q1 2018 This quarter once has again shown that the market is under the shadow of uncertainty of where the demand from [...]

UNICHROME presentation at the 3rd CIS Ferroalloys Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia UNICHROME AG presentation at the 3rd CIS Ferroalloys Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia on September 21-22, 2017 [...]

Chrome: Recent Market Challenges & Outlook This presentation was made at the North American Ferroalloys Conference (USA, Chicago, September 6–8, 2017) by UNICHROME AG. [...]

Mid Q3 Market view: Never say never. Could H2 2017 dynamics of Cr-contained ore and alloys become a "déjà vu" of 2016? This [...]

2Q'2017 Market Situation Overview The Cr market, in particular Cr ore and HC FeCr, started the year 2017 at record high since 2008 [...]