Industrial Minerals


Canada Fluorspar and Arkema form joint venture for mine restart

14 October 2011

by Mark Watts

New company, Newspar, funded with C$74m; Lindsay Gorrill appointed CEO

Keywords: Canada Fluorspar, CFI, Newspar, Arkema, fluorspar, fluorochemicals, St Lawrence

Canada Fluorspar Inc. (CFI) and French chemicals company Arkema have agreed to form a joint venture to reactivate the St Lawrence fluorspar mines in Newfoundland, Canada.

The partners will each take a 50% stake in the new entity, Newspar, which aims to start producing chemical-grade fluorspar in 2013.

Arkema will find the...