Ringer,

Thanks for posting that article.

seems the only city embracing jobs from a ferrochrome smelter is .....Timmins.

The other thing that stuck out for me in this article was the 600-800  million for the Ferrochrome smelter.

It`s the first time I haven`t seen the 1 billion number. Suddenly...this can maybe be built for 600 million. 

Going from 1 billion to 600 million is a 40% savings in capital cost.

Makes me think back to this:

http://kwgresources.com/reducing-energy-consumption-by-alternative-processing-routes-to-produce-ferrochromium-alloys-from-chromite-ore-2/

KWG Resources and XPS have collaborated over the last 3 years in developing a patented (Winter) processing alternative to the traditional smelting operation in which all processing takes place in the solid state at temperatures many hundreds of degrees lower than those required for liquid processing. Amongst the attractions of the process are much lower capital costs, as well as reduced operating costs, particularly of energy.