Chrome ore inventories at the main ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai were originally published at 5.11 million to 5.3 million tonnes on Monday. This has been corrected to 3.74 million to 4.03 million tonnes. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect these changes. These inventories are part of the Fastmarkets Ores and […]

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