After the Spring Festival, the fluorite market has been stable and stable. Hydrofluoric acid factories have resumed work and production, consuming early fluorite stocks. Raw material procurement plans have been slow. The overall inquiry atmosphere in the spot market is still light, with pre-holiday offers being the main ones. The industrial chain has recovered generally after the holiday. As the weather gradually gets warmer, the total supply of fluorspar in the market is expected to increase. Downstream industries maintain rigid consumption, and the wait-and-see attitude of the industry remains unchanged. The price of hydrogen fluoride was weak in February. During the Spring Festival, the equipment operation was low and the demand consumption was limited. After the holiday, the refrigerant industry started to start operations one after another, waiting for the recovery of market demand. It is expected that the hydrogen fluoride market will fluctuate slightly in March, and the trend is not clear yet.
The aluminum fluoride market maintained stable trading, and the market delivered contract orders. The price of raw material fluorspar fluctuates weakly, and the cost of aluminum fluoride drops. In addition, in the off-season for downstream electrolytic aluminum, aluminum fluoride procurement is weak and demand declines; the market has not improved significantly yet, with a strong willingness to lower prices for bulk orders, and aluminum fluoride companies' production costs and profits are compressed. During the Spring Festival, enterprises resume operation and maintain low load. The market for fluorosilicic acid (40%), a by-product of hydrogen fluoride, is operating weakly and mainly follows the trend of the hydrogen fluoride market. The market price of sodium fluorosilicate is running weakly, corporate inventories are gradually accumulating, market demand has not yet seen positive results, and downstream purchases are weak. The market demand for sodium fluoride has not improved. Enterprise production is operating normally and inventory has accumulated slightly. The market price of ammonium fluoride remains stable, downstream purchases are stable, demand rebounds slightly, and the market digests the increase. The ammonium fluorosilicate market is weak. With the sluggish demand from downstream ceramics, glass and other industries, the market industry chain is not conducting smoothly. The market opening rate of potassium fluoride is low, and losses in the industry are common. The overall fluoride salt market performance is relatively sluggish, profit margins are small, and the industry's operating level continues to be low at less than 50%.
PTFE is consolidating at a low level, and downstream operations have resumed work one after another after the holiday. The industry is starting to operate tepidly despite high production capacity; terminal demand is weak, with no significant improvement, and downstream rigid demand procurement is the main focus. The actual transaction gap is obvious due to quality differences, and the short-term market demand remains weak. Production plants Inventories continue to rise. The hexafluoropropylene market fluctuated and adjusted, with slight fluctuations in the short term. Due to poor demand transmission and low capacity utilization, the market returned weakly after a temporary increase in demand.