Global bulk steel alloys strategic planning outlook - Q1 2022
Report summary
Table of contents
- Crude steel and stainless steel: China’s crude steel to peak this year
- Moderate growth offered by stainless steel and alloy steels
- Prices in western markets remain supported as China reverts to long-term fundamentals
- China remains crucial to long-term supply, despite a scaledown in capacity
- Silicon metal’s exposure to clean energy technologies means stronger growth than ferrosilicon
- Regulatory intervention and coronavirus outbreak key risks in China, along with Ukraine-Russia crisis in global markets
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Chromium ore
- Chromium ore price forecast
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Ferrochrome
- Ferrochrome price forecast
- Risks to the base case
- Risks to forecast UG2 supply
- Developments in China’s ferrochrome industry
- South African ore export tax
- Stainless steel
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Manganese
- Manganese ore
- Manganese ore price forecast
- Manganese alloy (SiMn and FeMn) market balance
- Manganese alloy price forecast
- Manganese metal market balance
- Key risks to the base case price forecasts
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Silicon
- Ferrosilicon
- Ferrosilicon price forecast
- Silicon metal
- Silicon metal price forecast
- Key risks to ferrosilicon and silicon metal base case price forecasts
- Crude steel trends
- Stainless steel trends
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Chromium
- Background
- Latest outlook
- Ferrochrome consumption
- Manganese
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Silicon
- Ferrosilicon
- Silicon metal
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Chromium
- Chromium ore supply
- Chromium ore costs
- Ferrochrome supply
- Ferrochrome costs
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Manganese
- Manganese ore supply
- Manganese ore costs
- Manganese alloy supply
- Manganese alloy costs
- Manganese metal supply outlook
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Silicon and ferrosilicon
- Ferrosilicon
- Silicon metal
Tables and charts
This report includes 64 images and tables including:
- Chromium ore supply-demand balance outlook
- Base case outlook for ferrochrome supply
- Ferrochrome supply-demand balance outlook
- Ferrochrome supply-demand balance outlook with regional supply breakdown
- Ferrosilicon and silicon metal consumption
- Forecast crude steel production
- Forecast crude stainless steel production
- Outlook for global average manganese intensity of crude steel
- Manganese alloy and metal consumption outlook
- Manganese consumption by first use
- Summary of manganese demand outlook by first use (kt Mn contained)
- Chromium ore price outlook
- South African primary 42-44% concentrate price and premia for other key ore prices, CIF China
- High-carbon ferrochrome price outlook
- China tender high-carbon ferrochrome price and premia on other key ferrochrome prices
- Manganese ore supply-demand balance outlook
- High-grade 44% manganese ore price outlook
- Silicomanganese supply-demand balance outlook
- High-carbon ferromanganese supply-demand balance outlook
- Silicomanganese price outlook
- High-carbon ferromanganese price outlook
- Summary of forecast manganese alloy prices - US$/t
- Manganese metal supply-demand balance outlook
- Manganese metal and MC FeMn price outlook
- Ferrosilicon supply-demand balance outlook
- Ferrosilicon (75%) price price outlook
- Forecast standard 75% ferrosilicon price forecast summary
- Silicon metal supply-demand balance outlook
- Silicon metal price outlook
- Forecast silicon metal price forecast summary
- Chromium consumption outlook to 2050 by first use
- Outlook for chromium consumption in stainless steel by region
- Outlook ferrochrome demand breakdown by application (kt 55% Cr basis)
- Ferrosilicon consumption by application
- Ferrosilicon consumption by steel type
- Average forecast ferrosilicon demand by first use (kt)
- Global share of ferrosilicon demand by region
- Silicon metal consumption by application
- Average forecast silicon metal demand by first use (kt)
- Global share of silicon metal demand by region
- Chromium ore and concentrate production by country, 2022e
- Global chromite capacity total cash cost curve (by-product adjsuted), idle vs operational capacity, 2022e
- Chromium ore supply outlook by region
- Summary of long term chromium ore production forecast (kt)
- Major chromium ore producer total cash costs, 2022e
- Major chromium ore producer ex-works costs, 2022e
- Top-10 high-carbon ferrochrome and charge chrome production capacity by company
- High-carbon ferrochrome supply outlook
- Summary of long term high-carbon ferrochrome production forecast (kt, gross weight)
- Global cash cost curve for high-carbon ferrochrome and charge chrome, 2022e
- High-carbon ferrochrome and charge chrome cash costs by region and component, 2022e
- Manganese ore production, 2000 to 2021: Mt gross weight versus Mt contained Mn
- Manganese ore supply outlook, by region
- Cash cost curve for manganese ore (basis 44% Mn), 2022e
- Silicomanganese supply outlook
- High-carbon ferromanganese supply outlook
- Global FOB cash cost curve for silicomanganese, including silicomanganese used in the production of medium- and low-carbon ferromanganese, 2022e
- Global FOB cash cost curve for high-carbon ferromanganese, including high-carbon ferromanganese used in the production of medium- and low-carbon ferromanganese, 2022e
- Ferrosilicon supply outlook
- Global total ex-plant cash cost curve for ferrosilicon, by cost component, 2022e
- Global total ex-plant cash cost curve for ferrosilicon, by region, 2022e
- Silicon metal supply outlook
- Global total ex-plant cash cost curve for silicon metal, by cost component, 2022e
- Global total ex-plant cash cost curve for silicon metal, by region, 2022e
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