Ferrochrome market research in the CIS

SUMMARY

This report contains

• The authoritative commentary of leading CIS analysts
• Details of existing and potential deposits
• A report of the output and activities of major producers
• Analysis of CIS end-use consumption
• Import and export figures
• A review of new projects under development
• Contact details for CIS chrome ore mining and ferro-chrome organisation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

1.Chrome raw material base.

• Russia
• Kazakhstan

2. Mining and processing of chrome resources in the CIS.

• Donskoi GOK.
• Saranovskaya shaft Rudnaya.
• Prospect of expanding chrome ore base in Russia.

3. Ferrochrome production: the main producers, kinds of products, tendencies of production development.

4. Requirements for ferrochrome quality, technology of ferrochrome production in the CIS.

5. Current status of the main ferrochrome producers in the CIS.

• Serov ferroalloys plant (SZF).
• Klyuchevskoi ferroalloys plant
• Chelyabinsk electrometallurgical combine (ChEMK).
• Kazkhrom Corporation.
• Ermakovsky (Aksunsky) Ferroalloys Plant (EZF).
• Aktyubinsk Ferroalloy Plant (AZF).
• Prospects of expanding ferrochrome production in the CIS.

6. Export, import, domestic consumption of ferrochrome.

CONCLUSIONS.

Appendix:

• List of addresses, telephone and fax numbers of organizations involved in the chromium sector in the CIS