Industrial Minerals


Fluorspar prices settling at higher rates in Europe

05 July 2012

by Laura Syrett

Contracts still well above $400/tonne despite gradual market slow-down

Keywords: fluorspar, Europe, US, South Africa, acidspar, prices, China

Strong consuming markets for high quality fluorspar are shoring up prices for the material in Europe, according to IM’s market sources.

Last week, IM reported that prices for fluorspar were softening as cheap deals for the material were shaping the market.

But industry commentators have told IM that prices for acid grade fluorspar (acidspar) imported into Europe were settling at between $420-440/tonne...