In August 2026, the average market price of fluorspar powder rose MoM, mainly driven by the combined effect of supply contraction and demand support; the pricing center of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride shifted upward, pushed higher by tight fluorspar supply and regional shortages; R22 prices trended weakly downward due to insufficient positive support, whilst R32 and R134a prices remained stable.
Key developments
On 30 July, the "Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement for the Inner Mongolia Fluorinated New Material Zero-Carbon Demonstration Park" was officially signed, and multiple strategic cooperation agreements for Inner Mongolia's fluorine industry were finalized.
On 7 August, Quanzhou Yuji secured over USD14.73 million (RMB100 million) in funding to boost fluorinated materials R&D, green production capacity, and market reach, aiming to build an integrated R&D-to-commercialization industrial chain.
On 8 August, Zhejiang Juhua's fully-immersed liquid-cooled energy storage system was successfully grid-connected and commissioned at the Juhua Energy Storage Phase I project.
On 11 August, the environmental impact (EI) report for the 20,000 t/a high-purity AHF and 20,000 t/a high-purity HF project was accepted and publicised.
The USD/RMB exchange rate in this newsletter is USD1.00=RMB6.7898 on 3 August, 2026, sourced from the People's Bank of China.
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