Steel rebound spurs optimism in met-grade fluorspar market – IndMin

By SHRUTI SALWAN  First published Wednesday 18 May 2016 Growing steel production insulates metallurgical grade fluorspar market; customers turn to Afghanistan, Iran for low-cost supplies. A rebound in China and US’ steel output in the first four months of 2016 has insulated the metallurgical-grade fluorspar (metspar) market with increased enquiries signalling a recovery in demand. Registering 0.5% year-on-year […]

Fluorspar enquiries surge entering seasonal buying period – IndMin.

By SHRUTI SALWAN  First published Friday 22 April 2016 Increased trade enquiries for the fluorine material signal recovery as the buying season kicks off, with potential price increase despite excess supply in China; industry remains optimistic for H2 2016. IndMin sources reported an upturn in enquiries for acid grade fluorspar (acidspar) as the seasonal buying period […]

Is China turning to become a fluorspar importer? – IndMin

By SHRUTI SALWAN Published: Friday, 29 April 2016   Trade statistics from China for the first quarter of 2016 have revealed a significant drop in the country’s upstream fluorspar exports, with acid grade fluorspar (acidspar) figures falling by 10% year-over-year (y-o-y), while metallurgical grade fluorspar (metspar) dropping by 24% y-o-y….Exports for both acid and met […]