Gulf Fluor's AlF3 plant: : a success story in an oversaturated market?

• Autores: Paul. Rackstraw
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 583, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Mayo)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Solvay's Okorusu mine in Namibia, which stopped fluorspar production in 2014, plans to start processing graphite ore from the Okanjande graphite mine, owned by Gecko Graphite, while aiming to rework mine tailings for the production of metallurgical grade fluorspar (metspar) at the existing facility, media sources reported in April.

    There has been speculation over Solvay's plans to spin off the Okorusu mine after it stopped production, taking over 80,000 tpa of acidspar capacity off the market, owing to weak market conditions.

    Solvay's Okorusu operation was the sole fluorspar mine in Namibia, and the second largest producer in Africa, behind the Vergonoeg mine in South Africa.