Industrial Minerals


AlF3 vertical integration looms

09 February 2010

by Jessica Roberts

Strong fluorspar-AlF3 supply relationships necessary for survival, cautions CHENCO

Keywords: Fluorspar, aluminium fluoride, CHENCO, flux

Only companies with a secure or guaranteed supply chain between their fluorspar/fluosilicic acid sources and their hydrofluoric acid/aluminium fluoride plants will be best prepared to weather future demand and price cycles, Chemical Engineering & Consulting GmbH (CHENCO) has warned.

 

CHENCO, which provides consultancy and technical engineering...