Industrial Minerals


Fluorspar prices remain stable despite weak demand

02 August 2012

by Laura Syrett

Negative market sentiment blamed on uncertain global economic outlook

Keywords: fluorspar, prices, China, acidspar, metspar, Europe, North America

Fluorspar prices have stayed steady this week in spite of weak demand from China and elsewhere, market sources told IM.

Information received from Chinese sources indicated that prices were leaning towards the upper end of IM’s current ranges of $420-440 for acid grade (acidspar), filtercake, wet...