Spain’s Minersa to become main shareholder in SA hydrofluoric acid venture

Spanish fluorspar producer Minersa would replace Tunisian aluminium fluoride maker ICF as the major shareholder and technology partner of Alfluorco, a South African hydrofluoric acid and aluminium fluoride joint venture, diversified-miner Metorex...

Alfluorco at EIA stage with R500m Richards Bay hydrofluoric acid plant

Look out for the name Alfluorco. This new two-country parastatal-linked company is poised for a sizeable investment, probably in Richards Bay.

Enviro study under way for R500m HF plant

An environmental-impact assessment was under way for the proposed R500-million hydrofluoric acid (HF) project, earmarked for Richards Bay, Vergenoeg fluorspar mine GM Dennis Cooke told Mining Weekly Online on Tuesday.

Proposed Richards Bay HF acid plant could process Metorex, Sallies feedstock blend

JSE-listed fluorspar-miner Sallies could supply as much as one-fifth of the feedstock required by a proposed hydrofluoric (HF) acid plant that has been mooted for Richards Bay, or some 14 000 t/y, a manager of the project said on Monday.

Vergenoeg fluorspar mine expansion, South Africa

Metorex is planning an expansion of its Vergenoeg fluorspar mine, in North West province.