Consumers negotiate further decreases as South African acidspar price falls
By Michael Greenfield, Michael Greenfield
Published: Thursday, 26 December 2019
After prices to Europe fell a month ago, the acidspar price out of South Africa followed suit as buyers continue to negotiate discounts against last year's contract prices.
There were further falls in non-Chinese fluorspar prices, as
the flurry of contract signing continued in the run up to the
end of the year.
There had been a period of stalemate between the buy- and
sell-sides of the market, as producers were unwilling to
succumb to consumer arguments that...