Objective As a strategic mineral, fluorite plays a vital role in China's economic and social development. China is a major global fluorite producer with abundant reserves, yet the industry still encounters multiple challenges in its development. With the country's growing emphasis on the resilience and security of industrial and supply chains, this study intends to establish a security evaluation system for China's fluorite resource industrial and supply chains, clarify their evolutionary rules, core influencing factors and coordination status, thereby providing support for the safe and stable development of the industry.

Methods An evaluation index system was constructed from three dimensions: resource acquisition, circulation, and transformation. Based on data spanning 2001 to 2023, the security level of the fluorite industrial and supply chains was assessed. Combined with the obstacle degree model and coordination degree model, the key influencing factors and inter−dimensional coordination issues were analyzed in depth.

Results From 2001 to 2023, the security of China's fluorite industrial and supply chains presented a fluctuating upward trend, with a security hierarchy of resource circulation security > resource acquisition security > resource transformation security. Resource acquisition and transformation security are the primary restrictive factors, with diverse risks focusing on unit energy consumption, resource recycling rate, technological competitiveness, import concentration, and product added value rate. Despite an upward trend in coordination degree, the overall level remained relatively low, reflecting inadequate coordination among different dimensions.

Conclusions The security situation of China's fluorite industrial and supply chains is on the mend, but shortcomings in resource acquisition and transformation, along with the low coordination level, remain core problems. Optimizing the industrial development model and resolving the aforementioned key bottlenecks are the main approaches to enhance overall security and coordinated development capacity.