Magnesia, bauxite, and BFA production halts in Liaoning, Henan, Shanxi
In our last post on the subject of China’s refractory minerals squeeze (see Dog Days ahead for Chinese mineral consumers? Newsfile 13 February 2018) I postulated that perhaps by the end of the Chinese New Year of the Dog celebrations, in early March, or maybe by mid-year, […]
IMFORMED’s Mineral Recycling Forum 2018 took place at the Radisson Blu, Cologne 15-16 March 2018 where international delegates networked and discussed the latest trends and developments in recycling steel waste, refractories, foundry chromite sand, salt, and fly ash.
The conference was preceded by a well-attended and quite exceptional one-day tour of recycling leader Horn & Co. […]
Refractory Rendezvous Delhi – IREFCON18 Report
Yes, the weather was warm and pleasant, as was the hospitality, and the quality of attendees appeared to excel over the 2016 event by most accounts.
But what a difference two years makes in the refractories world: this time the conference was markedly upbeat in nature, fed by positive market performance.
However, […]
How US proppant demand has influenced ceramic mineral supply
Since the mid-2000s, three of the most important ceramic raw materials – silica, kaolin, and bauxite – have been in high demand from the North American oil and gas drilling industry as proppants in its pursuit of developing unconventional resources, in particular, shale gas and shale oil.
After […]
Review of Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum Middle East 2018, Bahrain
Key takeaways
Middle East growth recognised by oilfield service companies
Rising power demand drives push for unconventional gas resources
Drilling muds a delicate balancing act using minerals
Call for global standardisation of drilling barite specs “beyond API”
CS Mining Barite expands significantly in Turkey, Morocco, USA, Canada, UK
New concepts in mobile processing […]
Refractory bauxite: CMP starts new plant | Bosai to add new rotary kilns
As we approach the eve of the Chinese New Year of the Dog, for many Chinese refractory mineral consumers and traders, it is hoped that this will be a time of taking stock and perhaps seeing just what might be in store regarding […]
Fluorine Forum 2018
IMFORMED is delighted to announce the dates and venue of its fluorine minerals and markets conference Fluorine Forum 2018, 15-17 October 2018, Hotel Wellington, Madrid.
We intend to build on the success of our inaugural Fluorine Forum 2017 held in San Luis Potosi last year: for a review please see Fluorspar feel good factor […]
As IMFORMED nears its third 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 opportunity to wish all of you a most Happy, Peaceful, and Prosperous New Year, and very much look forward to continuing our business and meeting you in […]
Fluorine Forum 2017 review: acidspar growth, metspar scarcity
IMFORMED is delighted to report on the success of its inaugural Fluorine Forum which took place in San Luis Potosí, Mexico 30 October-2 November 2017 – two days of high quality presentations and discussion followed by an exclusive visit to the world’s largest fluorspar mine operated by Mexichem.
Leading players […]
Price rises with 5-month Shanxi plant shutdown to March 2018 in anti-pollution measure
Just when you wondered if things could get any worse. Further to our earlier report on the impact of environmental legislation on China’s minerals industry (see Newsfile: China minerals meltdown) it now seems that bauxite and brown fused alumina producers in Shanxi province […]