Fluorspar latest news

• February 2018

  IM's February Price Movements

  27 February 2018

  IM's monthly price movements.

• SC Mining to boost Thai fluorspar output by 12,000 tpy or more ‘within six months’

  22 February 2018

  The 24,000-30,000 tpy capacity mine will return to the market following a year of modifications, Michael Greenfield reports.

• Chinese fluorspar prices remain firm in run-up to Chinese New Year

  09 February 2018

  Fluorspar prices in China were steady this week, supported by rising steel production and prices, while buyers are being forced to seek alternative suppliers with domestic producers closed for Lunar New Year.

• Ohio attorney general files suit against Chemours

  09 February 2018

  The fluorspar buyer faces legal action over claims that its Fayetteville plant in West Virginia is allowing fluorochemicals into the water.

• Make acid grade again: The potential for a resurgence in US fluorspar production

  08 February 2018

  President Trump is set on ensuring US demand for fluorspar is served by domestic production, but with annual demand at 400,000 tonnes and effectively zero production, Industrial Minerals delves into the scope for meaningful fluorspar production in the US.

• Afghanistan's sole fluorspar deposit to triple capacity in six months

  01 February 2018

  The Bakhud deposit in Afghanistan is being developed to supply the hydrofluoric acid and aluminium industries with an additional 122,500 tonnes per year of fluorspar once fully operational.