Fluorspar latest news

• March 2020

  China fluorspar acidspar market lacks upward momentum, prices weak on thin buying

  30 March 2020

  China’s fluorspar acidspar market started to weaken over the week to Thursday March 26 due to increasing spot material supply and thin buying after several weeks of standing firm, leading producers to lower prices slightly.

• NEWSBREAK: South Africa to shut all mines, furnaces as country enters 21-day shutdown

  24 March 2020

  South Africa will enter a 21-day nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday March 26 and ordered the country’s metals and mining operations to be placed on care and maintenance.

• South African miners hold emergency meetings amid coronavirus lockdown

  24 March 2020

  Mining companies in South Africa are in emergency meetings after the country’s president ordered a three-week lockdown amid the spread of novel coronavirus (2019-nCov).

• Covid-19: A message from Fastmarkets CEO Raju Daswani

  23 March 2020

  Fastmarkets will continue to provide the price data, news and analytics you rely on in these turbulent times.

• Acidspar offers edge upward again but price holds on tight supply

  06 March 2020

  Chinese sellers continued to look for higher acidspar prices this week but there were question marks over whether there was any material that could be readily exported, meaning that the price held firm on Thursday March 5.

• Acidspar prices edge up on supply tightness in China

  02 March 2020

  China’s acidspar prices increased this week, with tighter supplies - caused by the response to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak - leading to higher offers.