Industrial Minerals


Mexichem boosts acidspar output with Fluorita de Mexico buy

28 December 2011

by Jessica Roberts

Mexican group’s capacity to top 1m tpa; eyes $14m Fluorita expansion

Keywords: fluorspar, Mexichem Fluor, Cofeco, Fluorita de Mexico, Minera las Cuevas, San Luis Potosi

The world’s largest fluorspar producer, Mexichem Fluor, has received approval from the Mexican antitrust commission Cofeco to purchase the operations and mine concessions of fluorspar competitor Fluorita de Mexico.

The acquisition of Fluorita will boost Mexichem’s acid grade fluorspar capacity...