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RHI & Magnesita: how they stack up
One could argue that last week’s announcement of the proposed merger of two of the world’s largest magnesia and refractory groups – RHI AG’s takeover of Magnesita Refratários SA to form RHI Magnesita –...
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Graphite Supply Chain 2016 Newport Beach 13-15 November 2016
FINAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED REGISTER NOW! SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016 DAY ONE: WELCOME 16:00 Registration Island Hotel, Newport Beach 18:00 Welcome Drinks Reception & Networking sponsored by Bass Metals...
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Oilfield minerals demand in the Middle East: Destination Dubai
The Middle East remains a powerhouse of oil and gas production and thus a major market for oilfield minerals used in drilling fluids, stimulation and cementing applications. The region is a major...
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Fluorine Forum 2017
SUPER EARLY BIRD RATES FIELD TRIP TO MEXICHEM CALL FOR PAPERS In response to customer demand, IMFORMED is delighted to announce its inaugural Fluorine Forum 2017, 30 October – 1 November 2017, in San...
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Best wishes for the New Year
As IMFORMED nears its second anniversary, Mike and Ismene would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, friends, and families for their unstinting support during the year. May we take this...
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Update: Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum Dubai 2017
Additional speakers | Sponsor news With just over a week to IMFORMED’s inaugural Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum Dubai 2017, 15-17 January, at the Habtoor Grand Resort Dubai, we are delighted to...
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Oilfield minerals outlook for the Middle East: Dubai Review
Key takeaways from Dubai: Market recovery on the way Saudi rig activity up Mineral demand increase expected Gas supply challenge a driver Stricter environmental specs. on barite Aramco pushing for...
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Mineral Recycling Forum 2017: Programme Update
Additional speakers: Harsco | Befesa | Hosokawa Alpine | STET There is just a month to go until IMFORMED’s upcoming Mineral Recycling Forum 2017, 7-8 March 2017, Rotterdam. Much interest is already...
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Li-ion battery recycling: no worries for raw material suppliers…yet
The emergence of secondary raw materials becoming a more mainstream source of recycled industrial minerals is to increase in significance in the overall supply chain from mine to market. However, the...
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Imerys appeal dismissed: Andalusite Resources merger prohibition stands
Andalusite slipping through the fingers: Processing andalusite at Andalusite Resources’ plant, Maroeloesfontein, Limpopo province, South Africa. And the winner is…the Competition Tribunal of South...
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Mineral Logistics Forum: 2020 vision for Port of Amsterdam
Shipping Outlook | Kaolin from Brazil | New Silk Way | Mineral Inspection | New Opportunities Completion of the new sea lock is expected end-2019; 500 metres long, 70 metres wide, and 18 metres deep....
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Waste deep in opportunities
Mineral Recycling Forum 2017 Review Rotterdam was again the setting for IMFORMED’s second Mineral Recycling Forum last week, 7-8 March 2017, bringing together leading players in the fast evolving...
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Oilfield minerals market: Year of recovery
The Year Dot: a plethora of oil wells exploiting the Permian Basin populate Eddy County, New Mexico. Google Earth 2017 The oilfield minerals industry is emerging from the doldrums of 2015/16 with...
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Mineral logistic challenges & innovations: getting on top of it all
Courtesy Port of Ghent The importance of logistics in transporting industrial minerals from mine to market came under the spotlight last week at IMFORMED’s Mineral Logistics Forum 2017, 10-11 April...
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Barite miners in Nigeria receive government boost; call for import ban to be...
Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development said that the government was likely to commence substitution or ban importation of barite for oil companies to patronise barite produced...
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Frac Sand Frenzy Part 2 ?
A fleet of Weatherford pump trucks attends to a hydraulic fracturing pad in the Marcellus, Pennsylvania, soon to be part of the huge new OneStim joint venture between Weatherford and Schlumberger...
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Ceramic proppant outlook: trying to build a market on sand
Imerys’ Wrens, Georgia, 500m lbs/yr ceramic proppant plant acquired from Pyramax Ceramics in 2012, idled in 2015 owing to the market downturn. Courtesy PayneCrest Electric & Communications The...
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Magnesia maelstrom in China
Industry heads to MagForum 2017 Kraków for answers and latest outlook Fusing magnesia in Dashiqiao, Liaoning province; production has been dramatically reduced owing to pollution inspections in the...
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Oilfield Minerals Outlook: Houston hoedown hits home
Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum 2017 Review This year there was definitely something to smile about, and we are not just referring those intrepid delegates braving the “bucking bronco” at the...
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Fluorine market outlook: “Interesting times…a lot of uncertainty”
IMFORMED interviews Peter Huxtable & Alison Saxby Plus Fluorine Forum 2017 Programme Update “It’s a very interesting time. There is an awful lot happening, and a lot of uncertainty”. So says Peter...
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