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Fluorspar supply for refrigerants – is relief in sight?
While the F-gas phase down has had a specific marked effect on European HFC refrigerant prices, global prices are most affected by the price of the mineral fluorspar. Fluorspar is the commercial name for the mineral fluorite (calcium fluoride), and is the basic feedstock for all fluorine-based chemicals. In this article by Mike O’Driscoll (right), […]
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Full commercial production from newly opened fluorspar mine Nokeng expected later this month
The R1.7-billion Nokeng fluorspar mine, which unlisted fluorspar developer Sepfluor has built north-east of Pretoria, in Gauteng, was officially opened on Thursday. The mine is one of only two operating fluorspar mines in South Africa, although there is also a fluorspar tailings operation that produces calcium fluoride. The Nokeng operation was expected to ramp up […]
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Fluorite supply woes bolster prices of aluminum fluoride
SHANGHAI, Jul 1 (SMM) – Prices of aluminum fluoride across Chinese markets ticked up in June as the suspension of fluorite mining in Inner Mongolia buoyed prices of the raw material that produces aluminum fluoride. AF-1 aluminum fluoride was quoted above 10,000 yuan/mt at the end of June, up some 1,000 yuan/mt from the start […]
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NMR Can Identify the Purity of the Mineral Fluorspar
Flourite [sic, fluorite], also known as the mineral fluorspar, is the most valuable source of fluorine. The mineral’s purity — that is, calcium fluoride (CaF2) content — will establish its ultimate application in the aluminum, chemical, and steel sectors. The highest grade of fluorspar is used for producing hydrogen fluoride — a precursor to several […]
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Spruce Pine mining company that polluted North Toe River up for NC DEQ permit renewal
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: See a list of the many mines in Spruce Spring, North Carolina ________________________________________________ SPRUCE PINE – Not quite a year after a mineral processing plant illegally discharged hundreds of gallons of hydrofluoric acid into the North Toe River causing a fish kill, the facility, with five other facilities on the […]
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Australian Bauxite’s next shipment from Bell Bay leaving soon
Bauxite mining. About 30,000 tonnes of Tasmanian bauxite are expected to be shipped from the Bell Bay port around March 1. The cement grade bauxite will be from Australian Bauxite Limited’s Bald Hill mine, near Campbell Town. The company said it had worked with the customer for three months to achieve the “optimum product specifications”. “This negotiation was longer […]
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Nollmotzite, the first natural uranium oxide containing fluorine.
Abstract: Nollmotzite (IMA2017-100), Mg[UV(UVIO2)2F3O4](H2O)4, is a new uranium oxide fluoride mineral found in the Clara mine, Black Forest Mountains, Germany. Electron microprobe analysis provided the empirical formula (Mg1.06Cu0.02)?1.08[UV(UVIO2)2O3.85F3.15][(H2O)3.69(OH)0.31]?4.00 based on three U and 15 O + F atoms per formula unit. Nollmotzite is monoclinic, space group Cm, with a = 7.1015 (12) Å, b = […]
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Sewage spill in Spruce Pine forces closure of North Toe River to public
SPRUCE PINE – The waters have been stormy this week for this small Mitchell County town. The North Toe River, which serves as a drinking water source and a major hub of outdoor recreation for fishing, swimming, wading and summertime cooling down, has been hit by two hazardous spills this week. On Wednesday, the county health […]
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Dozens of fish in North Toe River killed after quarry leak, state officials say
PRUCE PINE, N.C. (WLOS) — Dozens of dead fish have died and are washing up on the banks of the North Toe River after a reported hydrofluoric acid leak at a Spruce Pine quarry, state officials say. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Regional Supervisor Landon Davidson said the leak happened at Quartz Corp. on […]
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Fluorspar: Tertiary Minerals agreement with Possehl looks the real deal
Discussions are advanced over acquisitions in both the fluorspar and industrial minerals sector AIM-listed Tertiary Minerals PLC (LON:TYM) is the UK’s only public traded fluorspar company. And it looks set to hold onto that position for the foreseeable future after global commodities group Possehl agreed to help to develop its three main assets. Germany-based, Possehl is part […]
International Mining Industry