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MFG diversifies into refractory market supplying chromite & magnesia with new...
Raw material producer and trader to the foundry and steel industry Metall-und Ferrolegierungsgesellschaft mbH Hafner, Blondin &Tidou (MFG), based in Meerbusch, Germany, has diversified into...
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Fluorine Forum 2023 breaks records in Mandelieu-La-Napoule
IMFORMED’s largest event to date for the global fluorine raw materials market last week saw 200 attendees network and listen to a packed programme of expert speakers at Fluorine Forum 2023, at the...
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Salt market meets in Namibia!
Salt Forum 2023 takes place in Swakopmund A spectacular week concluded earlier in November discussing salt supply and demand amid networking with the world’s leading players at IMFORMED’s Salt Forum...
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Oilfield minerals outlook
Review of Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum 2023, Houston, 9-11 May And a new format announced for 2024! Industrial minerals remain essential ingredients to all oil and gas drilling operations....
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Let IMFORMED bring the mineral markets together for you in 2024
REFRACTORIES | RECYCLING | MAGNESIA | BARITE | OILFIELD | FLUORINE | CHINA | SALT As IMFORMED nears its ninth anniversary, Mike and Ismene would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, friends, and...
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Squaring the Circle: Challenges & opportunities in recycling refractory minerals
“Squaring the circle” is a problem in geometry that was first proposed in Greek mathematics. The expression “squaring the circle” is also sometimes used as a metaphor for trying to do the “impossible”,...
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Are you on the Magnesia Map? NEW 2024 EDITION IN PREPARATION
Magnesia World Sources Map® Primary world sources & production capacity of key magnesia raw materials Magnesite | Caustic calcined magnesia | Dead burned magnesia | Fused magnesia | Magnesium...
View ArticleThe crucial role of industrial minerals in defence & national security
Focus on refractory & abrasive markets By Nicholaus Rohleder, Co-Founder, Climate Commodities* The nexus between industrial minerals and national security is a topic of paramount importance, often...
View ArticleRefractory raw material market spotlighted in Seville
Review of the XII European Congress of Refractory Raw Materials, Machinery & Installation Graphite | Alumina | Andalusite | Silicon Carbide | Magnesia | Logistics | Decarbonisation | Recycling...
View ArticleRHI Magnesita to acquire Resco – gains US sources of fireclay,...
Leading world magnesia and refractories producer RHI Magnesita (RHIM) plans to acquire US diverse refractory product and mineral producer Resco Group for US$430m. The move, announced by the...
View ArticleSalt market under scrutiny at Swakopmund
Review of Salt Forum 2023 Supply & Demand Trends | New Source Projects | Southern Africa | Senegal | Europe | APAC | India | Australia | Processing | Logistics IMFORMED has organised its acclaimed...
View ArticleIndustrial minerals – have they finally gone critical?
Introduction to Mining Engineering’s IM Annual Review July 2024 by Mike O'Driscoll* The importance of industrial minerals to the world economy and everyday lives always used to be a hard sell to the...
View ArticleFluorspar supply & demand: French Riviera Review!
Seen & Heard at Fluorine Forum 2023 Market Review | Logistics | China | Mongolia | New Sources | Batteries | Welding | Fluoropolymers It was the Fluorine Forum that broke our attendance record:...
View ArticleFluorspar developers see the light
The recent rise in the “criticality” of fluorspar has appeared to bolster the prospects of several fluorspar projects around the world (see “Industrial Minerals – Have they finally gone critical?”)....
View ArticleA life in minerals: Mike O’Driscoll is interviewed by Benchmark Mineral...
In an interview to mark the 10th Anniversary of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, and to coincide with the company’s 2024 AGM, Simon Moores, CEO, Benchmark, put some questions to Mike O’Driscoll,...
View ArticleSquaring the Circle: Challenges & opportunities in recycling refractory minerals
“Squaring the circle” is a problem in geometry that was first proposed in Greek mathematics. The expression “squaring the circle” is also sometimes used as a metaphor for trying to do the “impossible”,...
View ArticleAre you on the Magnesia Map? NEW 2024 EDITION PUBLISHED!
Magnesia World Sources Map® Primary world sources & production capacity of key magnesia raw materials Magnesite | Caustic calcined magnesia | Dead burned magnesia | Fused magnesia | Magnesium...
View ArticleIndustrial mineral recycling: global status, developments & outlook
Industrial minerals | Refractories | Alumina | Ceramics | Lime | Sorting Mineral Recycling Forum 2024 Review | Latest insights on evolving sector Industrial minerals recycling from a wide range of...
View ArticleIsmene Clarke – Always in our memories
Ismene Clarke 1963-2024 A tribute by Mike O’Driscoll at the Funeral Celebration 31 October 2024 Good afternoon. You will hear from Ismene’s real husband a bit later…I’m the other one, the “work...
View ArticleIMFORMED on the Refractories Road
The final quarter of the year has been an exceedingly busy period for IMFORMED. In mid-October we ran our successful Fluorine Forum 2024 and China Refractory Minerals Forum 2024 in Ulaanbaatar and...
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