Industrial Minerals


Demand for Mongolian metspar strengthens in Europe and Japan

14 March 2011

by IM prices reporter

Improving conditions in the steel industry helps boost metspar consumption

Keywords: fluorspar, metspar, metallurgical grade, fluxes, steel industry, Mongolia, Steyuan Minerals

Demand for metallurgical grade fluorspar (metspar) produced in Mongolia is strengthening according to producers operating in the region thanks to a recovery in the European and Japanese metallurgical and welding electrode markets. “The market has returned especially for the European and Japanese markets. We are seeing an improvement in demand from the metallurgical industries, as...