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Chromium and Metal products

Metal products depends on chromium.

Chromium (commodity) and Metal products (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Chromium → Metal products

2 of the enterprise types in Metal products depend on chromium; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Ferroalloy and alloying-element suppliers: ferrochrome for stainless steel (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Galvanisers, platers and heat treaters: chrome plating (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.