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South African Ferrochrome Output Cuts Expected to boost prices

  • Monday, February 18, 2013
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Reuters reported that ferrochrome production cuts in South Africa are likely to persist into the second quarter, boosting prices at a time of weak demand
 
South Africa is the world's second-biggest producer of the alloy used to make stainless steel, but several companies have shut down operations in recent weeks to help power utility Eskom to manage the country's tight electricity supply.
 
The businesses that have cut production include International Ferro Metals and Hernic Ferrochrome, along with a subsidiary of Indian steelmaker TATA Steel and a joint venture between South African Merafe Resources and London-listed Xstrata.
 
Under deals with Eskom, companies agree to suspend production temporarily, allowing the utility to buy back the energy that would have been used by the furnaces and feed it back to its starved electricity grid.
 
Traders estimate that, between December 2012 and March this year, the buyback arrangement will remove about 350,000 tonnes of ferrochrome from a market that has been struggling with weak demand and an oversupplied stainless steel sector.
 
Prices are expected to be supported by further production cuts in the second quarter as South Africa enters a colder period in which electricity demand is stronger.
 
One Europe-based trader said that "The rumours are ... that the cutbacks will have to continue into Q2. Nothing has been said at the moment, but demand is higher for electricity in Q2 than in Q1 and the maintenance work (on Eskom's ageing power stations) still hasn't taken place.”
 
He added that "The concern is that the supply cuts will be rolled over and that is bound to continue to tighten the (ferrochrome) market. Prices are certainly going to rise in the short term."
 
Market sources said that supply tightness is already being felt in Asia, where more spot business is conducted. If production cuts linger, the European market is also likely to see higher spot prices, they said.
 
In Europe, high-carbon ferrochrome stands at about USD 0.96 per lb and low carbon ferrochrome at about USD 2 per lb, against about USD 0.60 and USD 0.91 in China.
 
A European ferrochrome trader said that "Producers were keen to go into the buyback deals because the market was looking very weak in November and December. Rather than stockpiling, they had the option to cut output.”
 
South Africa has been struggling to meet demand for power, especially as new power plants meant to plug the shortfall have been delayed. Supply will remain vulnerable until the first of the new stations being built by Eskom becomes operational later this year.
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