Fluorspar activated in water under mild conditions provides new route to fluorochemicals
Researchers at Oxford University have developed a new method to extract fluorine from fluorspar (CaF 2) using oxalic acid and ...
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Kenya Flourspar Company still shut a year after multi-billion deal with UK-based firm
Operations at the Kenya Fluorspar Company in Kerio Valley are yet to begin a year after the government signed a multi-billion deal with a UK-based firm to revive it.Nothing is happening at the ...
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Closure of fluorspar mining firm leaves locals wallowing in misery
An abandoned lorry at Kimwarer Trading Centre, a booming business hub during the time of the Kenya Fluorspar Mining Company, in Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County. [Christopher Kipsang ...
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A flourish of fluorine
but it can also render organic compounds highly toxic or pollutants. Fluorine's name derives from fluorspar — or fluorite, CaF 2 (pictured) — which in earlier times was used as a flux to ...