Chinese Fluorspar - An Overview Of Production And Market Trends

Developments within the Chinese fluorspar industry often have global repercussions, as the country is by far the largest single source of the mineral. Recent hears have seen much fluorspar production transfer from direct state control to the private sector, and the importance of quality control become more widely recognised. A range of complicated export licence and quota systems introduced in the mid-1990s led to the development of illegal exports of fluorspar, but although they have since been modified several times, flaws remain. This article gives a snapshopt of the Chinese flurospar industry as it stands today.