Production is by alkaline roasting of chromite ore.
Earlier this year, Elementis Chromium added 10,000 tons of capacity to its Corpus Christi plant. 60c. per pound, crystal, bags, t.l. This sector is growing the fastest, at a current annual rate of 2.7 percent. Metal finishing, which includes chrome plating, aluminum anodizing and other metal treating applications, consumes 15 percent of chrome chemicals and is growing by 2.1 percent per year. The consumption of chromium chemicals has declined since peaking at 163,000 tons in 1974, primarily because of health and environmental concerns.