| Inventory for the period 1930-1999 | Fluorspar (million tonnes) | TFA emissions (tonnes) |
| Global fluorspar production | 191.9 |
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| Metspar and ceramic grade production, inorganic uses | 96.9 | 0 |
| Acidspar grade production (at 97% minimum purity) for HF | 95.0 |
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| Losses due to HF yield from acidspar (assuming 97.5% purity) | 8.9 | 0 |
| Overall availability of HF as CaF2 equivalent | 86.1 |
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| Identified uses of HF as CaF2 equivalent |
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| CFCs (CFC-11, 12, 113, 114, 115) | 14.6 | 0 |
| HCFCs (non-feedstock): For CaF2 consumption HCFC-22, 123, 124, 141b, 142b. TFA emissions: HCFC-123, 124 | 5.6 | 16,100 |
| HFCs: For CaF2 consumption: HFC-134a, 125, 143a. TFA emissions: HFC-134a, 227ea, 125, 143a | 1.1 | 6700 |
| PTFE & other fluoropolymers. TFA emissions for PTFE degradation, estimated based on | 2.5 | 60 (A) 7300 (B) |
| Halon 1211 (Fluoride for Halon 1301 is included in HCFC-22 F-efficiency) | 0.1 | 0 |
| Anaesthetics: halothane, isoflurane, sevoflurane, desflurane | 0.1 | 23,600 |
| Pesticides, assuming 100% yield of TFA (and assuming 90% efficiency of CaF2 utilisation). | 0.2 to 0.4 (~0.3) | 140,000 to 380,000 |
| Pharmaceuticals—example fluoxetine (Prozac) maximum TFA | trivial | 5000 |
| TFA manufacture, assumes all TFA manufactured equals TFA emissions (unlikely) | 0.03 | 30,000 |
| Aluminium production | 25.3 | 0 |
| SF6 and SOF2 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Uranium processing | 2.3 | 0 |
| Petroleum alkylation | 1.3 | 0 |
| Niobium and tantalum (aqueous HF) | 1.0 | 0 |
| Stainless steel pickling (aqueous HF) | 3.0 | 0 |
| Inorganic fluorides (mainly aqueous HF) indicative estimate | 1.7 | 0 |
| Total uses of HF as CaF2 equiv. | 59.2 |
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| Total TFA emissions Excl. pesticides & pharmaceuticals (C) |
| 84,000 (C) |
| Incl. pesticides & pharmaceuticals (D) |
| 230,000 to 470,000 (D) |
| TFA emissions are rounded up |
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| Total fluorspar production accounted for | 86% |
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| Other HF uses as CaF2 equivalent | 26.9 |
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