Home / Non-ferrous / Minor metals / ChromiumLatest Update in the China Chromium MarketChromium markets & IndexChinese YuanMetalChrome OreFerrochromePrice descriptionPrice RangeAvg.ChangeDateChromium 99A (RMB/mt)45,000-46,00045,5000Feb 26, 2021Change orientation to land scape to view the price tableChromium top storiesmore...SMM Evening Comments (Feb 26): Shanghai nonferrous metals declined for the most part, aluminium advanced 1.36%Feb 26, 2021 18:00CSTSecondary lead smelters operating rates dropped 4.1% this weekFeb 26, 2021 17:25CSTShanghai bonded refined nickel stocks rose 800 mt on weekFeb 26, 2021 17:21CSTChromiumAll NewsIndustryInsightPrice Review & ForecastData AnalysisCompany NewsFeatureMMi Daily Iron Ore Report (February 26) As of January 26, iron ore inventories across 35 ports tracked by SMM totaled 119.65 million mt, a decrease of 200,000 mt from the previous week but up 8.08 million mt year-on-year. Daily average deliveries from the 35 ports increased 34,000 mt on a weekly basis to 2.66 million mt this week.Feb 26, 2021 18:19CSTdata analysisSMM Evening Comments (Feb 26): Shanghai nonferrous metals declined for the most part, aluminium advanced 1.36%SHFE nonferrous metals broadly fell on Friday February 26 as global markets are roiled by a sudden spike in bond yields, which sent investors fleeing highly valued segments of the market.Feb 26, 2021 18:00CSTprice review & forecastSecondary lead smelters operating rates dropped 4.1% this weekOperating rates across licensed smelters of secondary lead in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Guizhou averaged 49.2% in the week, down 4.1 percentage points from the previous week, an SMM survey showed.Feb 26, 2021 17:25CSTdata analysisShanghai bonded refined nickel stocks rose 800 mt on weekInventories of refined nickel in the Shanghai bonded areas increased 800 mt from a week ago and stood at 18,400 mt as of February 26, showed SMM data.Feb 26, 2021 17:21CSTdata analysisSilicon social inventories shrank 5,000 mt to 62,000 mtSocial inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port declined 5,000 mt from the prior week to 62,000 mt as of Friday February 26, SMM data showed.Feb 26, 2021 16:42CSTdata analysisLead ingots social inventories rose further amid limited downstream work resumptionSocial inventories of lead ingots across Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Tianjin gained 3,300 mt from February 18 and rose 2,100 mt from February 22 to 46,700 mt as of Friday February 26, an SMM survey showed.Feb 26, 2021 16:09CSTdata analysisNickel ore inventories at Chinese ports fell 614,000 wmt to 7.26 million wmtNickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports decreased 614,000 wmt from February 18 to 7.26 million wmt as of February 26, showed SMM data. Feb 26, 2021 16:03CSTdata analysisWhy was the price spread between copper scrap and copper cathode still high even as domestic copper scrap was in short supply?Copper prices surged to record new highs after the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, while the the price spread between copper cathode and copper scrap fluctuated vigorously. The tax-included price spread between 1# bare bright copper and copper cathode rose to the second highest on record of 3,779 yuan/mt on February 25. It touched an all-time high of 3,936 yuan/mt on February 22. Feb 26, 2021 15:54CSTsmm insight