The price spread for Europe-origin high-carbon ferro-chrome widened to $0.15 per lb in the week ended Friday April 24 with deals reported at higher prices after the rebound in the ferro-chrome and charge chrome benchmark price for shipments in the second quarter of the year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reported deal prices was almost $0.20 per lb, with signs of firmer fundamentals encouraging trade sources to expect higher prices in the near term.Some suppliers were expecting ferro-chrome prices to increase in the...