Resumen de Fluorspar hopes pinned on a fluorochemical winter solstice
During IM 's Fluorspar conference in London in October 2013, Sarah Kienzle, managing director at consulting firm Linden Tree Partners, told attendees that, in light of the new European regulations on refrigerants, the fluorspar market could move towards a "winter solstice" or enter a "bubbly world" in the near future.
One of the major PTFE producers in India, GFL, saw its PTFE sales grow by 34%, from 6,000 tonnes in 2012-2013 to 8,000 tonnes in 2013-2014, with full year production operating at about 50% of existing capacity.
China saw an oversupply of AlF[subscript]3 in 2012 with a production of 621,500 tonnes largely exceeding a domestic demand of 500,000 tonnes. This continued in the first part of 2013, although total output of AlF[subscript]3 in H1 2013 still exceeded 292,000 tonnes.
