Apart from chrome ores and manganese ore, we also deal with ferro alloy products, including but not limited to high carbon ferro chrome from India, charge chrome from South Africa and ferro chrome from Zimbabwe.
Indian ferro chrome:
Indian ferro chrome is renowned for its high quality in Chinese market. The normal traded specifications go as follows:
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cr | 60% | Min |
| Si | 4% | Max |
| C | 8% | Max |
| P | 0.035% | Max |
| S | 0.06% | Max |
| Size | ||
| 10-150mm | 90% | Min |
Charge chrome from South Africa:
South African Charge chrome is well known in Chinese market for its low cost. As a new trend, Indian stainless steel plants started importing Charge Chrome from South Africa to blend with Indian ferro chrome in order to reduce their overall production cost, as the Cr2O3 content (typical 50%) in South Africa is much lower than Indian Ferro Chrome (typical 60%).
The typical specifications are furnished as below:
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cr | 50% | Min |
| Si | 7% | Max |
| C | 7% | Max |
| P | 0.025% | Max |
| S | 0.06% | Max |
| Size | ||
| 10-50mm / 10-100mm | ||
Ferro chrome from Zimbabwe
Sinosteel India also provides high quality ferro chrome from Zimbabwe. The normal traded specifications are indicated as follows:
| Grade | ALT Grade | R Grade | S Grade | S Grade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cr | 62.00% | Min | 58.00% | Min | 55.00% | Min | 57.00% | Min |
| Si | 1.50% | Max | 3.00% 2.50% | Max Typ. | 3.50% | Max | 3.00% | Max |
| C | 7.50% | Max | 8.00% | Max | 8.00% | Max | 8.00% | Max |
| Mn | 0.40% | Max | 0.40% | Max | 0.40% | Max | 0.40% | Max |
| P | 0.030% | Max | 0.030% | Max | 0.030% | Max | 0.030% | Max |
| S | 0.070% | Max | 0.070% | Max | 0.080% | Max | 0.070% | Max |
| Ti | 0.100 | Max | ||||||
| Size | ||||||||
| 90% | 10×150 mm | 10×150 mm 10×60 mm | -3 mm | 4×25 mm | ||||