Fluorspar in numbers
Fluorspar (CaF2) drawn as one poster: 10 Mt of world mine production in 2025, China the largest producer, 6 critical mineral lists. Scroll to draw it, then download it as SVG or PNG.
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The numbers
The figures on the poster, with their sources. Production and reserves are USGS estimates, trade values are CEPII BACI customs data, demand is the IEA's outlook.
- World mine production, 2025
- 10 Mt (fluorspar (as reported)) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Largest producer
- China, 6.0 Mt (60% of world) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Top three producers' share
- 90% USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- World reserves, 2025
- 330 Mt (fluorspar (as reported)), largest in China USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Critical mineral lists
- 6 current lists in 5 jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, China, European Union, United States) government critical mineral lists
- US net import reliance, 2025
- 100% USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Price, 2025
- 470 $/t (Price, average unit value of imports, cost, insurance, and freight, dollars per metric ton: Acid grade) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- World production, 1913
- 171 kt (USGS historical series, as reported) USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics)
- World production, 2020 (historical series)
- 8.2 Mt USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics)
- Largest trade flow, 2024
- Mexico → United States, $117 m (HS 252922, Fluorspar, >97% calcium fluoride); world trade $523 m CEPII BACI trade database
Sources
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics) · CEPII BACI trade database · government critical mineral lists. Figures are rounded; country names follow our atlas.