Clariant AG(CLN)
HQ CH15% share
Specialty chemicals; cosmetic preservatives and active ingredients.
chemical · input
Flotation Reagents (Beneficiation)
Fatty acid collectors, frothers, and depressants used in phosphate and potash beneficiation flotation circuits; specialty chemical supply.
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Source countries
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Companies
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Goods affected
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Claims on record
What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on flotation reagents (beneficiation) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Source countries
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| CNChina | 25% |
| USUnited States | 24% |
| DEGermany | 15% |
| BEBelgium | 12% |
| AUAustralia | 8% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
6 companies produce flotation reagents (beneficiation).
Orica Limited(ORI.AX)
HQ AU7% share
World's largest commercial-explosives maker; also a major mining-chemicals supplier incl. flotation reagents and cyanide for mineral processing.
BASF SE(BAS)
HQ DE
World's largest chemical company by revenue; dominant Western producer of food-grade sodium nitrite. BASF expanded sodium nitrite production capacity in Germany specifically to meet growing demand for high-purity pharmaceutical and food applications. Primary production at Ludwigshafen (world's largest contiguous chemical complex). Also produces sodium nitrite catalysts, sulfuric acid, and intermediates for pharmaceutical synthesis. BASF sells food-grade sodium nitrite to meat processors globally through distribution networks and third-party channels.
Kemira(KEMIRA)
HQ FI
Finnish water treatment and paper chemicals company. Major global ferric chloride producer; expanded Tarragona, Spain facility in 2024 for growing biogas/phosphorus-removal demand. 63 manufacturing sites globally.
Nouryon
HQ NL
Largest global sodium chlorate (NaClO3) supplier; also provides ECF ClO2 bleaching technology (Eka brand) to pulp mills; 13 production sites across North America, Scandinavia, and other regions; critical chemical supply chain node for tissue pulp bleaching.
Solvay(SOLB.BR)
HQ BE
Belgian specialty chemical company (Euronext: SOLB, HQ Brussels; ~€4.9B revenue after 2023 split); major global HF (hydrogen fluoride) producer and the world's largest producer of fluorine-based specialty chemicals. Solvay's HF is produced at multiple European sites (Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France; Rosignano, Italy) via reaction of fluorspar (CaF2) with sulfuric acid. HF is the gateway chemical for Solvay's entire fluorine chemistry chain: HF → fluoropolymers (PTFE, PVDF), refrigerants (HFCs/HFOs), specialty fluorinated gases (NF3 precursor), and electronic-grade HF for semiconductors. Solvay split into two companies in December 2023 — the new 'Solvay' retained the specialty chemicals (including HF and fluorine) while 'Syensqo' retained the advanced materials — so the HF supply chain is now within the post-split Solvay entity. Solvay was founded in 1863 by Ernest Solvay, inventor of the Solvay process for soda ash (sodium carbonate) production — the same Belgian industrial dynasty that revolutionized 19th-century chemical manufacturing now controls a critical node in 21st-century semiconductor supply chains.