FluoRok - Reinventing Fluorochemical Manufacturing

Fluorochemicals are fundamental for our energy transition, food supply and health with applications in Li-ion batteries, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, refrigerants and advanced materials.
Fluorine occurs naturally as a calcium salt in the highly insoluble mineral fluorspar (calcium fluoride, CaF2). For more than two centuries, the first step in accessing any fluorochemical has been the conversion of fluorspar to corrosive and highly hazardous hydrofluoric acid (HF).
FluoRok is an innovative spin-out of the University of Oxford, UK who is revolutionising the way we access these fluorochemicals and developed a proprietary process that does not involve HF at any stage of the manufacturing process. The FluoRok process is sustainable, lower-cost and simplifies supply chains, enhances safety, lowers CO2 emissions, and introduces the circular economy into fluorochemical production. Contrary to the traditional process, FluoRok can use low grade fluorite mineral as raw fluorine source, such as recycled materials derived from the semiconductor industry.
We are commercialising a technology that has wide applications including the potential to transform semiconductor waste products into key components of Li-ion batteries or agrochemical/pharmaceuticals.