据英国《工业矿物》1981年第十期报道,1980年日本萤石消费量比前一年增加了3％,达40.9万吨。钢铁部门的消费量最大为19.9万吨,无机化学工业和炼铝业的萤石消耗量分别为12万吨和9万吨。去年日本萤石进口量达48.7万吨,比上年增加了2万吨。中国仍占日本进口的 According to the British “Industrial Minerals”, the tenth issue in 1981, fluorite consumption in Japan in 1980 increased 3% from the previous year to 409,000 tons. The consumption of steel in the steel sector is the largest at 199,000 tons, while the inorganic chemical industry and the aluminum smelting industry use fluorite at 120,000 tons and 90,000 tons respectively. Last year, Japan imported fluorite 477,000 tons, an increase of 20,000 tons over the previous year. China still accounts for Japan’s imports