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May 2019
31 May 2019
Prices for metallurgical-grade fluorspar have risen above those for acidspar in China for the first time in more than two years, despite reports that demand in China is picking up.
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30 May 2019
The steelmaker has extended output cuts in Europe amid weak market demand, it said.
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24 May 2019
The traditional peak consumption season for fluorspar in China will arrive in the coming months, with market participants starting to predict price movements.
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20 May 2019
China’s halt on imports from Myanmar since May 14, including rare-earth ore and fluorspar imports, is affecting prices for medium and heavy rare earths, while fluorspar faces future supply issues.
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17 May 2019
Two separate European traders reported hearing prices for metspar as high as $550 per tonne, although the weekly assessment was kept stable.
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14 May 2019
Major cities and 25 regions across China will face a new round of environmental inspections from May 14 to ensure that protection measures are being properly implemented.
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10 May 2019
One market participant reported tracking a fifth shipment leaving CFI’s Canadian shipping port and arriving in the US. Meanwhile, the China fob acidspar price narrowed by $15 per kg at the top end.
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07 May 2019
An unscheduled outage at one plant and issues with the ramping-up of another recently opened unit will combine to reduce earnings by $53 million in the first half of this year, Chemours said in a first-quarter earnings call.