At present chromite is being produced from Muslimbagh, Wad and Sonaro areas of Balochistan Province and Malakand and Kohistan Areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The entire chromite containing over 46% Cr2O3, 10 to 15% Al2O3, less than 10% SiO2 and with Cr, Fe ratio over 2.8. Present estimate of available ore in the country is over 10 million tones.