2012年10月17日 格林尼治时间13:25 伦敦
The ferro-chrome benchmark and alloy surcharge systems will not be removed in the foreseeable future, according to Outokumpu executive vp Kari Parvento.
欧托昆普执行官Kari Parvento表示铬铁基准价和合金附加费体系在短期内将不会取消。
The ferro-chrome benchmark is agreed every quarter between South African ferro-chrome producers and European stainless steel mills.
铬铁基准价是由南非铬铁生产商和欧洲不锈钢厂每季度商定的。
The alloy surcharge is applied monthly by stainless mills as a way of passing on the cost of raw materials such as nickel and ferro-chrome to customers.
合金附加费是由不锈钢厂每月通过合金原材料比如镍和铬铁等补贴给其客户的。
“We see that approach continuing; we don’t see a change in that moving forward,” Parvento said.
“我们认可这种方法的可持续性，并且我们不认为在未来会有什么变化” Parvento说到。
“There is a certain mechanism and we will honour that,” he added.
“这是一种成熟的机制，并且我们都很推崇它”他补充说。
Both systems have become widely discredited in recent years, particularly given the growing discounts ferro-chrome producers give stainless steel mills.
最近几年这两项体系都广受质疑，特别是不锈钢厂给铬铁生产商的折扣不断增加。
The discounts to the benchmark mean the actual price paid by mills can be about 20% less than the benchmark settlement, even if the mills pass the full cost onto their customers – stainless steel stockists.
基准价的折扣意味着钢厂实际成交的价格要比基准价低至少20%，而不锈钢厂却按基准价计算不锈钢出厂成本—不锈钢市场贸易商说到。
The alloy surcharge is unpopular because it allows stockists to cancel orders when nickel prices fall, to avoid being left holding stainless units with an alloy surcharge based on a higher nickel price.
合金附加费体系并不受欢迎，因为他允许零售商在镍价下跌时取消订单，以避免不锈钢压货，直到他们给出一个基于高镍价的附加费为止。
But despite calls for the removal of both systems, no serious alternatives have been put forward by the ferro-chrome or stainless steel industries.
但是尽管存在取消这些体系的呼声，目前铬铁厂和不锈钢厂也并没有其他正式的可以选择的办法。
“There’s a lot of discussion, but the systems are there and there is no need to speculate about what will happen to them. The fundamentals of these markets are in macroeconomics,” Parvento said.
“讨论很激烈，但是体系就在那里，没有必要去思考这些能给他们带来什么。市场的基本原则还是宏观经济学起主导。” Parvento说到。
Outokumpu is working on a deal to acquire ThyssenKrupp’s stainless steel unit Inoxum, which is the lead negotiator in ferro-chrome benchmark for the buyside.
欧托昆普正在和ThyssenKrupp不锈钢旗下Inoxum公司进行一项并购交易，而Inoxum是目前和铬铁厂家商谈基准价的主要交涉者。
The deal has raised questions over who will be the negotiators in the future if the benchmark system survives, with many market participants saying Outokumpu cannot represent mills in benchmark talks when it is also a producer.
这项交易同时也产生了新的问题，那就是未来谁将会是基准价谈判的主要交涉者，而市场上多数参与者表示欧托昆普并不适合代表钢厂进行基准价的谈判，因为它本身也是铬铁的生产商。
The company is doubling its ferro-chrome capacity to 530,000 tpy under a €440 million ($577 million) investment.
公司正在通过其一项440万欧元（577万美元）的投资计划准备将其铬铁产量扩大一倍至53万吨/年。
The investment in additional ferro-chrome capacity will give Outokumpu about 200, 000 tpy to sell to external customers.
这项增加其铬铁产量的投资将使欧托昆普每年可以向其他客户销售近20万吨/年的铬铁资源。