Charts and Graphs

Below are some graphs and charts we have found or made. The author is credited when known.

Find charts for presentations, or use listed prices in Excel to make your own on our new chart page here

Stainless Steel Market Share

Source - Hatch Associates

Source - Merafe Resources Nov 2007

Ferrchrome - courtesy Merafe Resources

Source - Merafe Resources

Nickel inventories and LME Price thru end Feb 2007

Source - Bloomberg

Source - Credit Suisse

By Crowflight Minerals using Wikipedia as source

By Crowflight Minerals

Our chart using USGS as source
(download excel spread sheet with average annual price of nickel for last 100 years here)

Our chart using final figures from Jan - Dec 2005, Jan - Nov 2006 and
preliminary Dec 2006 figures
US Govt as the source
(metric tonnes)

Our chart using this article as source

Source - Xstrata Nov 20, 2006
More on China's impact by Macquarie Research pdf here

Our chart using US Commerce Dept as source

Our chart using US Commerce Dept as source

Source is Steel & Metals Market Research

Source is Steel & Metals Market Research

Source is ISSF - May 2006

Molybdenum - used in 316 Stainless Steel

By International Molybdenum Association using Platts Weekly for source

By Blue Pearl Mining