The Eurozone sovereign debt problem is becoming increasingly fierce and the unemployment rate in U.S.A. keeps at a high level, meanwhile, China is still trapped in high inflation. The People's Bank of China raised interest rates on 7th July, which is the third rate hike this year, but China's CPI remains climbing up. Chinese and even global economy faces many kinds of uncertain factors. Chinese steel market has been greatly impacted by the real estate industry adjustment and continuously sluggish auto industry due to the cancellation of auto purchasing preferential measures. Furthermore, since early this year, surplus supply keeps squeezing steel industry's profits and restricts it to develop healthily.

As one of the most important raw materials in stainless steel production, ferrochrome industry also faces many challenges. Ferrochrome smelters meet great difficulties in their production affected by price decrease and weak demand from steel mills. How to turn the sluggish trend for Chinese ferrochrome smelters? What's the prospect of ferrochrome market? How would imported ferrochrome impact Chinese domestic market?

China is the major chrome ore consumer, but the supply is so surplus that large quantities of chrome ore are stocked in Chinese main ports. Since March, chrome ore market keeps going down and there has been no sign of recovery in chrome ore consumption till now. Whether chrome ore market has reached the bottom? What measures should be taken by Chinese traders to reduce losses? How about the future chrome ore market?

Asian Metal is inviting the most influential and leading companies and counterparts from the chromium industry from all around the world to discuss the above mentioned issues. The forum is designed to build an international platform of information exchange, cooperation for all the global chromium smelters, traders...

Analysis of Demand Characteristic for Special Steel in Twelfth Five-Year Period

----Hu Mingyang, Consultant of China Special Steel Association

Small and Medium Foreign Investments in Pakistan's Chrome Ore Mines are Successful, Competitive and Charming

----Adnan Godil, CEO, Al Rehman Enterprises

Trend and Predictions of Turkish Chrome Ore Market 2011 and Beyond

----Atakan Bogazliyan, CEO, Platin Kimya Mumessillik ve Dis Tic. Ltd. Sti.

How to Increase Cr/Fe Ratio by Using Microwave to Process Chromium Ore

---- Bao Quan, Lanzhou Sanpu Electric Power Co., Ltd.

World Chromium Perspective

---- Merve Harzadin, General Manager, KOP KROM – CVK

Economic Situation in Zimbabwe and Its Effect on Chromium Industry

---- Shava, Zimbabwe Ambassador Stationed in China

Production State and Expectation of Chinese Chrome ore

---- Hou Yabin, Vice GM of Marketing Company of Tibet Mineral Development Co., Ltd.

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