Chrome
Chrome concentrate grades, pricing, premiums and the Bushveld and Great Dyke supply chains.
Chrome Exports Slow and Zimbabwe Tightens: What Sellers Should Do
South Africa's chrome ore exports slipped in August with Chinese port stocks above 5 million tonnes, and Zimbabwe is tightening controls on every consignment.…
How to Sell Chrome Concentrate as a South African Producer
What a ferrochrome buyer needs before they will look at your material, why most producer offers are ignored, and how to get your position straight first.
How Chrome Concentrate Is Actually Priced
Grade is only the headline. A chrome cargo settles on the premium schedule, the review cycle, the moisture basis and where the assay is taken.
Chrome Concentrate Grades: 40-42% and 46-48% Cr₂O₃
What the Cr₂O₃ percentage on a chrome offer means for ferrochrome producers, and why South African and Zimbabwean concentrates occupy different niches.
Steelpoort and Rustenburg: Inside the Bushveld Chrome Belt
The Bushveld Igneous Complex holds roughly three quarters of the world's chromite. How its eastern and western limbs differ, and what that means for sourcing.
Zimbabwe's Great Dyke: Africa's High-Grade Chrome Frontier
A 550 kilometre seam holds the world's second largest chromite reserve and its highest grades. How Zimbabwean 46 to 48% concentrate reaches world markets.