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March 2019
21 March 2019
The price for Chinese acidspar stayed flat this week, putting an end to the slippage which has seen the price narrow downward by $80 per tonne over the past month.
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15 March 2019
Fastmarkets IM has extended the consultation period for its proposal to discontinue one fluorspar price.
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15 March 2019
The price for acidspar on an fob China basis has fallen for the second time in three weeks, on sluggish end market demand and adequate supplies.
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13 March 2019
China, the world’s main steel-producing nation, imported almost half-a-million tonnes of fluorspar in 2018, driven by its booming domestic steel market.
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07 March 2019
The United States increased its imports of acidspar for the third consecutive year, according to data from US government agency US Geological Survey.
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01 March 2019
The prices of fluorspar products in China have moved down on sluggish domestic demand since the new year break, for the first time since 2010, but the cif Rotterdam price has climbed slightly in reported purchases.
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01 March 2019
Fluorspar mining is among activities that have been stopped in China’s Inner Mongolia after a mine accident in the region that killed 21 workers.
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February 2019
26 February 2019
Sepfluor will miss a target for production of the first fluorspar from its Nokeng project in South Africa by the end of February, according to a video published by the company on its website.
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19 February 2019
Three European producers of hydrofluoric acid (HF) have reported successful tests of material from Canada Fluorspar, with the size of the test parcel indicating that the company is operating at a rate of 30%.
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15 February 2019
Fastmarkets IM is opening a market consultation to seek feedback on its proposal to discontinue one fluorspar price.
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15 February 2019
Every year the fluorspar market queries what the supply situation in China will look like after the Lunar New Year, and 2019 is no different. Two sources have reported offers and sales of good volumes of material, indicating that supplies are available.
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05 February 2019
Sepfluor has set a new target for the start of production of acid-grade fluorspar at Nokeng - after heavy rains slowed construction work of the plant at the end of last year, market sources suggested.
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01 February 2019
Fastmarkets IM is making amendments to the specifications of five of its fluorspar prices.