Chromium - Global Market Trends

1.METHODOLOGY
Study Reliability And Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level
2.GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW
3.INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Chrome Crisis Impacts Stainless Steel Production
Chrome Market Looks for Stabilization
Outlook
Chromium Metals
Chromium Chemicals
Chromite Classification: By Content
4.PRODUCT FACTS
Metallurgical Industry
Chemical Industry
Refractory Industry
5.COST STRUCTURE OF CHROMITE ORE
6.CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
ENRC Takes Over 50% Interest in Chinese Ferroalloys Plant
ENRC Acquires Major Stake in Serov Ferroalloys Plant
Mechel Acquires Oriel
Aalberts Takes Over Duralloy
Typhoon Takes Over Chromium and Platinum Rich Mining Claims in Quebec
Chromex Acquires Outstanding Shares in Ilitha
AMCOL Signs Agreement to Acquire Interest in Chrome Mine
Outotec to Offer Ferrochrome Technology to South Africa-based ASA Metals
Outokumpu Plans Capacity Expansion of Ferrochrome in Finland
ASA Metals to Expand ferrochromium Capacity by Threefold
Baosteel Inks Three-Year Contract with Jiannanchun
Sylvania Resources Extends Agreement with Samancor Chrome
Champion Pipe to Merge with Mitsui Tubular
Tata Steel Takes Over Rawmet Industries
Lanxess Acquires Dow’s Chrome Chemicals Business
Kennametal Takes Over Purity Metal Holdings
Sinosteel Announces Acquisition of Zimasco
Kazakmys Acquires ENRC Shares
China Minmetals to Obtain South African Ferrochrome Deposit Exploration Rights
VISA Steel Signs a Joint Venture Agreement with Baosteel
Glencore Agrees to Market Chromium Ore from Voskhod
ENRC to Re-open Chromium Plant
Sinosteel to Enhance Jilin’s Capacity with Joint Agreement
Oriel Commences Smelting at Tikhvin Ferrochrome Plant
Klyuchevsky Inks an Agreement with Elementis and Networld Trading
Baoshan Enters into Partnership Agreement with Sinosteel
Sulzer Metco Launches Braze Alloy Filler Metals
7.MAJOR PLAYERS
ASA Metals (Pty.) Ltd. (South Africa)
Companhia De Ferro Ligas Da Bahia Ferbasa (Brazil)
Consolidated Minerals Limited (Australia)
Merafe Resources Limited (South Africa)
Nippon Denko Co. Limited (Japan)
Outokumpu OY (Finland)
Samancor (South Africa)
Tata Steel (India)
Xstrata Plc (Switzerland)
8.MARKET ANALYTICS
9.THE UNITED STATES
Market Overview
10.CANADA
11.JAPAN
12.EUROPE
a.France
b.Germany
c.The United Kingdom
d.Italy
e.Spain
f.Russia
g.Rest of Europe
13.ASIA-PACIFIC
China
Import Scenario
India
14.LATIN AMERICA
15.REST OF WORLD
Exhibits
Table 1: Global Chromite Production by Country/Region (In ‘000 Metric Tons)
Table 2: Global Chromium Mine Reserve and Reserve Base (Shipping Grade) of Select Major Countries – 2006 (In ‘000 Metric Tons)
Table 3: Global Production of Ferrochromium by Region/Country – 2006 (In '000 Metric Tons)
Table 4: Global Chromium Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 5: Percentage Breakdown of Global Chromium Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 6: Global Consumption of Chromium in Metallurgical Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 7: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Metallurgical Industry by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 8: Global Consumption of Chromium in Metallurgical Industry by End-Use Segment for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 9: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Metallurgical Industry by End-Use Segment for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 10: Global Consumption of Chromium in Stainless Steel by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 11: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Stainless Steel by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 12: Global Consumption of Chromium in Other Steel & Non-Ferrous Alloys by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 13: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Other Steel & Non-Ferrous Alloys by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 14: Global Consumption of Chromium in Chemical Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 15: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Chemical Industry by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 16: Global Consumption of Chromium in Chemical Industry by End-Use Segment for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 17: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Chemical Industry by End-Use Segment for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 18: Global Consumption of Chromium in Leather Tanning by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 19: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Leather Tanning by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 20: Global Consumption of Chromium in Metal Finishing by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 21: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Metal Finishing by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 22: Global Consumption of Chromium in Timber Preservation by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 23: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Timber Preservation by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 24: Global Consumption of Chromium in Pigments by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 25: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Pigments by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 26: Global Consumption of Chromium in Aerospace by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 27: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Aerospace by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 28: Global Consumption of Chromium in Other Chemical Applications by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 29: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Other Chemical Applications by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 30: Global Consumption of Chromium in Refractory Industry by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 31: Percentage Breakdown of Global Consumption of Chromium in Refractory Industry by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 32: US Exports of Chromium Ores and Concentrates by Destination Country/Region (In US$ Thousand)
Table 33: US Chromium Oxides and Hydroxides Exports by Destination Country/Region - 200 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 34: US Chromium Trioxide Exports by Destination Country/Region - 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 35: US Chromium Sulphates Exports by Destination Country/Region – 2006 (In US$)
Table 36: US Exports of Pigments and Preparations based on Chromium Compounds by Destination Country/Region – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 37: US Ferro-Chromium (> 4% of Carbon) Exports by Destination Country/Region – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 38: US Ferro-Chromium (< 4% of Carbon) Exports by Destination Country/Region –
Table 39: US Ferro-Silico-Chromium Exports by Destination Country/Region – 2007 (In US$)
Table 40: US Chromium (Unwrought and Powders) Exports by Destination Country/Region – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 41: US Chromium Exports (Waste and Scrap) by Destination Country/Region – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 42: US Chromium (Other Articles NES) Exports by Destination Country/ Region – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 43: US Imports of Chromium Ores and Concentrates by Countries of Origin– 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 44: US Imports of Chromium Oxides and Hydroxides by Countries of Origin – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 45: US Imports of Chromium Trioxide by Countries of Origin – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 46: US Imports of Pigments and Preparations based on Chromium Compounds by Countries of Origin – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 47: US Imports of Ferro-Chromium (> 4% of Carbon) by Countries of Origin – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 48: US Imports of Ferro-Chromium (< 4% of Carbon) by Countries of Origin – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 49: US Imports of Chromium (Unwrought and Powders) by Countries of Origin - 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 50: US Imports of Chromium (Waste and Scrap) by Countries of Origin – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 51: US Imports of Chromium (Other Articles NES) by Countries of Origin – 2007 (In US$ Thousand)
Table 52: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 53: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 54: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 55: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 56: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Japan: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 57: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 58: Chromium Market by Region in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 59: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 60: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 61: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 62: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in France: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 63: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 64: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 65: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 66: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in the UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 67: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 68: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 69: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 70: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Spain: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 71: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Spain for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 72: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Russia: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 73: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Russia for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 74: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 75: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 76: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 77: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 78: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Latin America: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 79: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 80: Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of World: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 81: Percentage Breakdown of Chromium Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of World for the Years 2008 & 2009
Companies Profiled