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Correction to chrome, manganese ore inventories on April 21

Fastmarkets has corrected its manganese ore inventories at the main Chinese ports of Tianjin and Qinzhou, million tonnes and chrome ore inventories at the main ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai, million tonnes, which were published incorrectly on Monday April 21, 2025, due to an input error.

April 22, 2025
By Justin Yang
China Chromium ore Manganese ore Pricing notice

Manganese ore inventories at the main Chinese ports of Tianjin and Qinzhou were originally published at 357 million-370 million tonnes. This has been corrected to 3.57 million-3.70 million tonnes.

Chrome ore inventories at the main ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai were originally published at 2.95 million tonnes. This has been corrected to 2.69 million-2.95 million tonnes.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect these changes. 

These inventories are part of the Fastmarkets Ores and Alloys package.

For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this report, please contact Justin Yang by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Justin Yang, re: Chrome and Manganese Ore Inventories.“

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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