Industrial Minerals


High fluorspar prices to dictate new processing routes

17 November 2011

by Jessica Roberts

Lower grades of fluorspar viable on high prices, process plant adaptations

Keywords: fluorspar, fluorspar prices, processing, hydrofluoric acid

New processing methods to address fluorspar purity and grain size issues are likely to be adopted over the next few years as producers balance quality issues with high demand and climbing fluorspar prices, Thomas Dahlke, process engineer at Buss Chemtech, told delegates today at IM’s Fluorspar ’11 conference.

Particle size is a key concern for producers, as fine particles...