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Mineral recycling radiates in Dubrovnik | Mineral Recycling Forum 2023 Review
Industrial Minerals | Refractories | Li-ion Batteries | Construction Materials | Fertiliser | LIBS Springtime in Dubrovnik? It must be time for IMFORMED’s Mineral Recycling Forum 2023! And indeed it was, with close to 100 [...]
Challenge & change in the world of speciality aluminas – the view from Almatis
IMFORMED interviews Anıl Sönmez, Chief Executive Officer, Almatis Almatis is the market leader in speciality alumina products and solutions for the high performance refractory, ceramic, polishing and speciality markets. In April 2023, IMFORMED interviewed Almatis [...]
Salt market to grow as new sources & challenges face industry
Review of IMFORMED’s inaugural Salt Forum 2022 Hamburg In response to market demand, IMFORMED launched its inaugural Salt Forum in Hamburg last year at the Grand Elysée Hotel, 15-17 November. And what a success it [...]
Fluorspar market outlook | View from Vietnam
Fluorine Forum 2022 Review | Seen & Heard in Hanoi All good things come to those who wait. And for Fluorine Forum to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam we had to wait three years, but we [...]
SME 2023 Denver spotlights minerals for the green economy
It was great to be back at the SME Annual Conference & “MINEXCHANGE” Expo in Denver after a five-year absence, catching up with friends, making new contacts, and taking the pulse of the North American [...]
Mineral Market Matrix 2nd Edition 2023
OUT NOW! IMFORMED’s unique Mineral Market Matrix® Wall Chart At a glance guide: which minerals for which markets New edition March 2023 Active in the industrial minerals supply chain? Whether exploring, financing, mining, processing, trading, [...]
Magnesia Market Review: coming out the other side stronger
Seen & Heard at MagForum 2022 Noordwijk Last year the magnesia industry brushed off the pandemic blues by gathering for a glorious few days at Noordwijk on the Dutch coast to attend IMFORMED’s MagForum 2022, [...]
Oilfield minerals market outlook & 2022 review
Barite | Bauxite | Frac sand | Leonardite | Logistics | Sourcing | China | Morocco | Mexico The New Year rise of oil prices should come as some reassurance to suppliers of industrial minerals to [...]
Let IMFORMED bring the mineral markets together for you in 2023
As IMFORMED nears its eighth anniversary, Mike and Ismene would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, friends, and families for their unstinting support during 2022. The last three years has been challenging, particularly 2020-21, and 2022 [...]
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