So, after spending more than one day to find a Fluorite supplier, after several weeks of negotiations, approvals and inspections, you have found the manufacturer in the territory of Mongolia. Mostly, preference is given to a Mongolian company, with the Mongolian management, because you think it is a direct contact or, as the saying goes, “first hand”. The price that you offer, suits you right, but the possible bargain, and as a result of negotiations can bring down another $ 3-5 per ton.

Normally, when signing the contract complied with all formalities it is a part of the international purchase and sale. Contract is determined not only price, delivery terms, payment, but also the obligations of the parties, particularly the responsibility of the supplier and the possible penalties for non-conformity of the product and violation of terms of delivery.

Before you decide on signing the contract, provides them to you all the necessary documents: licenses, certificates and all that is needed to confirm the product and its quality. You sign a contract and transfer the money. For example, a trial consignment 1 wagon cost you roughly 15,000 USD.

If at this stage everything worked out fine, product shipped and you got all the necessary documents and confirmation of shipment. After a while you get your product. You take the first available pieces of mineral, usually on top, and you are in the lab. Instead of 92% calcium fluoride analysis shows 95%. You rejoice too early, the sample must be taken in several places: at the bottom of the car and in the middle, where you can expect a surprise: instead of your 92%, there 60% or 72%. Most likely the overall quality of the resulting fluorspar is much lower than stated in the contract. This explains its attractive price.

Under the contract, you expose a complaint to the supplier. Under the contract, you cannot now touch the goods until the resolution of the dispute, you expect a representative of the seller, you are preparing an appeal to the court, but at this point your responsibility to the customer starts: the possible sanctions for the failure of the contract, production costs, etc. So you will save 5-10 dollars, but now you have an inferior product, your customer put you claim, and most likely he will not be working with you anymore.

There is no money to cover court expense, Mongolian representatives do not come in and time passes. Due to the absence of the defendant, the court decides in your favor. And that’s all. Because you are likely to fail prosecuting your Mongolian partners.

Russian-American Company Bau-Mix, registered in Mongolia with 100% foreign capital, controls the whole process of fluorspar mining and processing, starting with the production in a career and ending the interaction with the transport company. We cannot afford to lose customers. Bau-Mix Ltd. becomes yours representative in Mongolia, a country where not everyone will come, not to mention the fact to create a successful business and work effectively under local conditions.

The word fluorite is derived from the Latin root fluo, meaning “to flow” because the mineral has a relatively low melting point and was used as an important flux in smelting. Fluorite gave its name to its constitutive element fluorine.

Fluorite primarily occurs as a pore-filling mineral in carbonate rocks (limestones and dolostones), as low temperature hydrothermal vein deposits associated with lead and silver ores, and less often as an accessory mineral in pegmatites and granites. It is sometimes even precipitated at hot springs.

Limestone and dolostone rocks through which low temperature hydrothermal fluids have moved may be particularly rich in fluorite. When fluorite occurs as a cavity fill in carbonate rocks it is usually associated with calcite, dolomite, anhydrite, gypsum and sulfur. In hydrothermal vein deposits, fluorite may be found with calcite, dolomite, barite, galena, sphalerite, and even silver ores.

Fluorite is used in the manufacture of steel, aluminum fluoride, artificial cryolite, and aluminum. It is used in glassmaking, in iron and steel enamelware, in the production of hydrofluoric acid, in the refining of lead and antimony, and (as a catalyst) in the manufacture of high-octane fuels.