Fluorspar latest news

• July 2018

  FOCUS: Is there room for 400,000 tpy of new capacity in the fluorspar market?

  27 July 2018

  The delayed and impending entrances to the market of Canada Fluorspar and Sepfluor respectively have raised questions about how supply and demand and subsequently fluorspar prices may be affected.

• Kenyan senate seeks outside views on proposed law requiring minerals firms to use local staff, goods

  19 July 2018

  The Kenyan Senate is consulting on proposed legislation that would commit international mining companies operating in the East African country to hire Kenya-based staff and to source supplies locally.

• PRICING NOTICE: Extension of consultation period on proposal to discontinue fluorspar prices

  18 July 2018

  Industrial Minerals has extended the consultation period regarding its proposal to discontinue several fluorspar prices.

• EU consumers report mixed availability of Chinese fluorspar

  13 July 2018

  Buyers are divided about the extent of environmental controls on Chinese fluorspar producers and how they are affecting availability in Europe.

• Chinese refractories, TiO2, barytes, fluorspar among minerals hit by US tariffs

  11 July 2018

  The US/China trade war is heating up, and industrial minerals are in the firing line.

• Graphite, fluorspar stand out as China reports five-year rises in mineral reserves

  11 July 2018

  Identified reserves for crystal (flake) graphite and fluorspar in China have shown sizeable increases since 2012, according to the latest data from the country’s government.

• Fluorspar market split on extent of China's environmental controls

  06 July 2018

  Government inspections involving China's fluorspar mining sector have reportedly interrupted supply to what is already a tight market, but opinion is divided about the extent of those inspections and their impact on prices.

• China opens up to foreign investment in graphite, rare earths

  04 July 2018

  China’s government seeks to open some resources to outside investment by granting permits to foreign companies, in areas including graphite and rare earths.

• Chemours, Honeywell take appeal in HFC ban case to US Supreme Court

  03 July 2018

  The legal struggle about a ban on HFC refrigerants intensifies as Chemours and Honeywell take their case to the US Supreme Court, while 11 Attorneys General are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce its original prohibition on environmentally harmful refrigerants.

• Inspection-hit Chinese fluorspar producers unable to serve additional EU demand

  02 July 2018

  Environmental inspections continue to impinge on fluorspar producers' operations, leaving them with no material to furnish strong demand from Europe.