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Home / Metal News / Chromite port stocks decline 4% on week

Chromite port stocks decline 4% on week

Mar 29, 2019 18:21

Source:SMM

Stocks declined 4% from a week ago to stand at 2.83 million mt as of Mar 29

SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – Chromite (chrome ore) inventories across Chinese ports declined 4% from a week ago to stand at 2.83 million mt as of Friday March 29, SMM data showed.

For the same period, stocks at Tianjin port shrank 6% to 1.62 million mt, stocks at Qinzhou port decreased by 11% to 500,000 mt, while stocks at Lianyungang port grew 10% to 220,000 mt.

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