Fluorspar latest news

• January 2021

  Shipping delays, high costs persist in run-up to Lunar New Year

  25 January 2021

  Severe logistical hurdles continue to affect the main seaborne shipping routes out of China, with prohibitively high container freight costs persisting and recent land transport issues adding to the congestion and delays at ports.

• Thin buying leaves China fluorspar acidspar export price flat; domestic transport partly disrupted

  18 January 2021

  Fluorspar acidspar export prices remained stable in China last week amid weak demand. China’s domestic fluorspar transport has been partly disrupted in north China due to increased Covid-19 cases in Hebei province.

• New Covid-19 cases disrupt Chinese mineral logistics

  14 January 2021

  The Covid-19 pandemic is once again disrupting logistics in China, with authorities reporting the first death in the country since the spring of 2020.

• End-of-year fluorspar demand recovery softens price drop in December

  14 January 2021

  The European flourspar contract market dipped in December 2020 after a turbulent year for end consumer markets due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• China fluorspar acidspar price stable in slow post-holiday market

  11 January 2021

  China’s fluorspar acidspar export market was flat in the first full trading week of 2021, with downstream buying exhibiting no recovery after the New Year break.

• PRICING NOTICE: Holiday pricing schedule for 2021-2022

  04 January 2021

  View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2021 and 2022.