St. Lawrence / Buffalo / Houston / Paris / Tabas / Philadelphia / Durban / Detroit / Geismar / East Liverpool / New York City / Brownsville / Amherstburg / Johannesburg / Boston / New Orleans / Los Angeles / Total / Tampa / London / /
Company
Alcan Aluminium Ltd. / Burin Fluorspar Ltd. / Yaroslavsky Mining & Dressing / Roskill Information Services Ltd. / Alcoa Inc. / U.S. steel / Seaforth Mineral & Ore Co. Inc. / TotalFinaElf S.A. / Elf Aquitaine S.A. / Daikin America Inc. / Honeywell International Inc. / Inmuebles Cantabria S.A. de C.V. / Exploration Inc. / Vergenoeg Mining Co. / Blue Desert Mining Inc. / ICI Klea / General Mining Union Corp. / Norfluor S.A. / Great Lakes Chemical Corp. / AlF3 / Ausimont USA Inc. / La Roche Chemicals Inc. / ATOFINA S.A. / ATOFINA Chemicals Inc. / Solvay Fluor México S.A. de C.V. / Honeywell HF / Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. / anhydrous HF / United States Mineral Resources / Burin Minerals Ltd. / Productos Derivados S.A. / Svedala Ltd. / Hastie Mining Co. / Applied Industrial Materials Corp. / INEOS Fluor Americas LLC / I.C.I. Americas Inc. / TotalFina S.A. / SRI International / Solvay Group / Canada Fluorspar Inc. / Mexican HF / Quimica Fluor S.A. de C.V. / 3M Corp. / Elf Atochem North America Inc. / MDA Manufacturing Ltd. / Fluorsid S.p.A. / /
Continent
Africa / Australia / /
Country
Switzerland / Venezuela / Netherlands / Mongolia / South Africa / France / Japan / Dominican Republic / Canada / United Kingdom / China / India / Germany / Saudi Arabia / Italy / Mexico / Iran / Sweden / New Zealand / Belgium / Russia / United States / Morocco / Papua New Guinea / Spain / Ireland / /
Currency
USD / EUR / /
Event
Reorganization / Environmental Issue / Name Change / M&A / Business Partnership / /
Facility
Kamar Mehdi Mine / Gulf port / Great Lakes’ facility / HFC plant / Honeywell HF plant / Quimica Fluor plant / Dressing Complex / Vaudreuil refinery / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
cement kiln / chemical intermediates / cement manufacturing / oil and gas / marketable product / important downstream products / foam-blowing applications / process equipment manufacturer / precision metal cleaning / cement market / manufacturing process / stainless steel pickling / carrier fluids / electronics industry / inorganic fluorine chemicals / production accounting / glass manufacturing / refractory products / refrigeration equipment / fluorocarbon chemicals / chemicals / steel / improved technology / oil and gas wells / air-conditioning equipment / fluorspar mining industry / rail car / steel market / high electricity prices / insulation foam applications / steel industry / chemical reactivity / century domestic mining / soft mining sector / steel production / steel foundries / chemical properties / fluoropolymer manufacturing / chemical activities / fiberglass / heat-transfer media / steel mills / uranium processing / mining / cement / cement manufacturers / raw steel production / /
MusicAlbum
December / /
NaturalFeature
Gulf coast / /
Organization
Defense Logistics Agency / Mining Statistics Division / Commonwealth of Independent States / U.S. Department of Commerce / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / European Parliament / Society for Mining / Defense National Stockpile Center / U.S. Geological Survey / Department of Minerals and Energy / European Union / International Fertilizer Industry Association / Russian Government / Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation / Council of the European Union / U.S. Census Bureau / /
Person
Regina R. Coleman / Donald Carr / Jane Currie / /
Position
Chemical Market Reporter / statistical assistant / producer / major producer / international data coordinator / /
FLUORSPAR By M. Michael Miller Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Cindy Chen, statistical assistant, and the world production table was prepared by Regina R. Coleman, international data coordinator. Traditi