Seaforth Mineral & Ore

What Seaforth Mineral & Ore does

Seaforth Mineral & Ore Company, Inc. is a privately held, family-controlled industrial mineral supplier founded in 1957 and headquartered in the Cleveland, Ohio area, with a processing and distribution facility in East Liverpool, Ohio. The company processes and distributes a portfolio of inorganic industrial minerals — acid-grade fluorspar (97–99.9% CaF2 purity), metallurgical-grade fluorspar (60–85% purity), briquetted fluorspar (~80% purity), aluminum fluoride, strontium carbonate, wollastonite, and barium carbonate — into powder, granular, and bagged specifications with documented chemical and physical certification per shipment. Its primary end-markets are steel producers (using metspar as a flux), glass/ceramic, chemical (hydrofluoric acid for refrigerants), aluminum smelting, magnet manufacturing (strontium carbonate), refractories, abrasives, friction products, and bricks/cement, with most of its volume destined for U.S. and Canadian industrial buyers.

The company has built its sourcing through long-tenured, direct relationships with affiliated fluorspar mines in Mexico (developed since 1960) and other globally recognized mineral sources. Seaforth moved upstream into domestic processing in 1978 at East Liverpool and tripled on-site processing and warehousing capacity in 1986 by acquiring additional land. Its go-to-market is inside-sales oriented: a quote-request web form plus a toll-free (800-292-9022) and local phone line staffed by technical sales, with distribution executed via van and flatbed trucks, rail boxcars, pneumatic bulk trucks, and a dedicated fleet of closed hopper rail cars, supporting 24-hour delivery to most served locations. Pricing is opaque and quote-based across the SKU set, with each shipment accompanied by laboratory certification and adherence to industrial specifications.

Name

Seaforth Mineral & Ore

Legal name

Seaforth Mineral & Ore, Company, Inc.

Website

https://seaforthinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Seaforth Mineral & Ore is a privately held, family-controlled industrial mineral supplier founded in 1957, processing and distributing fluorspar, strontium carbonate, wollastonite, aluminum fluoride, barium carbonate, and briquetted fluorspar to steel, ceramic, glass, chemical, aluminum, and magnet manufacturers in the United States and Canada.

Ownership category

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Product category

Industrial Minerals Supply

NAICS

Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers (42352), Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing (327992)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400), Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAKAGAM

Fluorspar (Fluorite) Mining

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Metals & Mining/Industrial Minerals Mining (Phosphate, Potash, Sulfur, Borates, Barite, Talc)

SECONDARYIMAKAJAM

Refractory & Metallurgical Consumables Distribution (Fluxes, electrodes, refractories)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Metals & Mining/Metal & Mineral Trading, Marketing & Distribution

Keywords

• Industrial mineral supply
• Fluorspar distribution
• Mineral processing
• Steelmaking flux materials
• Specialty industrial minerals

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Mineral Sales: Seaforth generates revenue through the sale of industrial minerals including fluorspar (acid grade and metallurgical grade), aluminum fluoride, strontium carbonate, wollastonite, barium carbonate, and briquetted fluorspar. Products are sold in bulk or bagged options with various grain sizes and chemical specifications to meet industry requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Seaforth Mineral & Ore processes and distributes industrial minerals including acid grade fluorspar, metallurgical grade fluorspar, briquetted fluorspar, aluminum fluoride, strontium carbonate, wollastonite, and barium carbonate from its East Liverpool, Ohio facility. The company sources raw material from affiliated fluorspar mines in Mexico and globally recognized producers, stocks large quantities ready to ship within 24 hours, and provides complete quality certification with each shipment. Products are sold in bulk or bagged options with various grain sizes and chemical specifications to meet industrial requirements across steel, chemical, ceramic, glass, aluminum, abrasive, and magnet manufacturing industries.

Product overview

Seaforth Mineral & Ore is an industrial mineral supply company that processes and distributes fluorspar and related minerals. The company operates from a centrally located plant in East Liverpool, Ohio, serving markets in the United States and Canada. Their product portfolio centers on fluorspar in three main forms: Acid Grade Fluorspar (97-99.9% purity for hydrofluoric acid and industrial applications), Metallurgical Grade Fluorspar (60-85% purity for steel production), and Briquetted Fluorspar (80% purity compact form for steelmaking). Complementing the fluorspar line are industrial minerals including Aluminum Fluoride (for aluminum electrolyzing and glass industries), Strontium Carbonate (for ceramics and magnets), Wollastonite (calcium silicate for plastics, ceramics, and fillers), and Barium Carbonate (for bricks, ceramics, and chemical applications). The company stocks large quantities ready to ship within 24 hours and provides quality certification with each shipment.

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Products and services

• Acid Grade Fluorspar (Acidspar) Acid grade fluorspar (CaF2) is a fine-grained industrial mineral at 97%-99.9% calcium fluoride purity, used in hydrofluoric acid production for refrigerants, as a flux in steel manufacturing, in glazes and enamels for glass and ceramics, and in consumer products like toothpaste. Sold to chemical, glass, ceramic, and consumer product manufacturers.
• Metallurgical Grade Fluorspar (Metspar) Metallurgical grade fluorspar (CaF2) at 60%-85% purity functions as a fluxing agent that makes slag more fluid, decreases the melting point of raw iron ore, and removes impurities such as sulfur and phosphorus. Essential raw material for steel producers, ceramics, and chemical industries.
• Aluminum Fluoride Aluminum Fluoride (AlF3) is an off-white granular material that is chemically inactive at room temperatures. Used to adjust molecular ratio in aluminum electrolyzing bath as a flux, in brazing, optical coatings, and in glass and ceramic industries. Sold to aluminum smelters, brazing operations, and glass/ceramic manufacturers.
• Briquetted Fluorspar Briquetted fluorspar is a high-quality product at approximately 80% purity and 2-inch size, available in bulk or bagged options. Used as a flux in steel production, in manufacturing of aluminum and stainless steel, in metal extraction (niobium and tantalum), and in cement production. Sold to steel mills, aluminum manufacturers, and cement producers.
• Strontium Carbonate Strontium carbonate is a white powder flux that is not very soluble in water. Used in the ceramic industry for glazes, by magnet manufacturers as a key ingredient, by steel producers, and in fireworks and flares for bright red color. Sold to ceramic glaze producers, magnet manufacturers, steel mills, and pyrotechnic manufacturers.
• Wollastonite Wollastonite is a calcium inosilicate mineral (CaSiO3) with approximately 48% calcium oxide and 52% silicon dioxide. Used in plastics, heat-resistant refractory ceramics, metallurgy, wood composites, adhesives, paint and paper fillers, and friction products such as brake pads. Sold to plastics, ceramics, metallurgy, wood composite, adhesive, paint, paper, and friction product manufacturers.
• Barium Carbonate Barium Carbonate (BaCO3), also known as witherite, is a white powder manufactured from barite (barium sulfate). Used in bricks, ceramics, glazes, cement, chemical industry applications, and as a flux. Soluble in most acids and insoluble in water. Sold to brick, ceramics, cement, and chemical industry manufacturers.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Cimbar Performance Minerals: US-headquartered processor and distributor of industrial minerals including barium sulfate, barite, and specialty fillers — directly comparable to Seaforth's mineral distribution, processing, and inside-sales model serving industrial customers.
• NYCO (NYCO Minerals): North American wollastonite producer/marketer serving plastics, ceramics, friction products, and coatings — directly comparable to Seaforth's wollastonite offering and customer base.
• Vanderbilt Minerals (R.T. Vanderbilt): Specialty industrial minerals supplier of barium sulfate, fluorspar, and clay-based products to steel, ceramic, and chemical buyers — overlaps with Seaforth's barium carbonate and fluorspar product lines.
• Specialty Minerals Inc. North American producer of ground calcium carbonate, talc, and precipitated calcium carbonate; serves many of the same industrial, paper, and coatings customers as Seaforth with a similar specialty-mineral distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Imerys: Global leader in mineral-based specialty solutions including wollastonite, calcium carbonates, kaolin, and refractory materials; overlaps with Seaforth on wollastonite and serves similar ceramic, steel, and coatings end markets at much greater scale.
• Minerals Technologies Inc. Public global industrial minerals manufacturer with calcium carbonate, talc, and bentonite products — overlaps with Seaforth's customer base in steel, paper, and coatings as a much larger incumbent.
• Sibelco: Belgian-headquartered global industrial mineral solutions provider offering silica, nepheline, feldspar, and specialty materials — comparable to Seaforth as a multi-product industrial mineral distributor serving similar industrial end-customers.
• Orbia (formerly Mexichem): Mexican-headquartered fluorochemicals and polymer producer — comparable to Seaforth through shared Mexico-origin fluorspar sourcing and overlap in the HF/refrigerant value chain.
• Solvay: Global chemical and specialty materials producer with strontium carbonate and fluorine-related chemicals — comparable to Seaforth on the strontium carbonate side of the portfolio and as a downstream consumer of acid-grade fluorspar.

Regional players

• Wolkem India Limited: Leading Indian wollastonite producer exporting globally into plastics, ceramics, and friction products — directly comparable to Seaforth's wollastonite product line and customer segments but operating from a different geographic base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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