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Bulk steel alloys short-term outlook February 2022

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Bulk steel alloys markets experienced an eventful 2021 with surging alloy prices in H2 influenced by rapidly rising freight rates, China’s power crunch and emissions control measures in China. These themes will continue to influence the development of these markets over the coming year. Adding to this, the bulk alloy markets will not remain unimpacted by the situation in Ukraine, though the extent and scale of the implications will only become clearer in the coming weeks and months.

Table of contents

  • Chromium
  • Manganese
  • Ferrosilicon and silicon metal
    • Ore prices rise on higher costs, constraints, and low stocks
    • Ferrochrome prices lose momentum
    • High grade ore price set to remain firm
    • Manganese alloy prices to trend downwards
    • US and European silicon and ferrosilicon prices likely to normalise following Chinese market
    • Chinese ferrosilicon prices peaked in Q4
    • Silicon metal prices follow the ferrosilicon trend
  • Crude steel trends
  • Stainless steel trends
  • Chromium
  • Manganese
    • Ferrosilicon
    • Silicon metal
    • Ore supply grows by 24% in 2021
    • Ferrochrome supply
    • Manganese ore supply
    • Manganese alloy supply
    • Manganese metal supply
  • 1 more item(s)...

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  • Chromium key forecasts
  • Manganese key forecasts
  • Silicon and ferrosilicon key forecasts
  • Chinese crude steel production
  • Quarterly global stainless steel production
  • Stainless steel production growth vs scrap ratio by region
  • Quarterly chromium consumption by first use
  • Quarterly chromium consumption in stainless steel by region
  • Manganese alloy and metal consumption outlook
  • 22 more item(s)...

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