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High Q1 ferrochrome price settled at lower Q2 level – Merafe

Merafe Resources CEO Zanele Matlala

Merafe Resources CEO Zanele Matlala

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15th March 2017

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The European benchmark ferrochrome price has been settled at US$1.54/lb for the second quarter (Q2) of 2017, a decrease of 6.7% on the high-flying US$1.65c/lb first quarter (Q1) price, Merafe Resources announced on Wednesday.

The settled Q2 price is well up on the average 2016 European benchmark ferrochrome price of US$95.5/lb and the average US$1.07/lb of 2015.

Ferrochrome and chrome ore prices recovered from rock bottom in the first quarter of last year and despite market volatility in the 12 months to December 31, coupled with the challenges and cost pressures faced by the South African ferrochrome industry, Merafe reported its second highest headline earnings ever.

Ferrochrome-using stainless steel production is projected to grow by 3.5% in 2017 and by 3.8% in 2018, which should be followed by increased ferrochrome demand.

The JSE-listed Merafe, headed by CEO Zanele Matlala, shares in 20.5% of the earnings of the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture, South Africa’s lowest-cost ferrochrome producer with a capacity of 2.3-million tonnes of ferrochrome a year.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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