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Market commentary & articles
Industrial minerals US trade war threat
Which mineral imports & markets are in line of US tariff fire? The industrial minerals trading community will be steeling itself over the latest round of US trade tariffs brought to bear on Tuesday 4 [...]
Industrial mineral experts’ Rocky Mountain reunion
Seen & Heard at the MINEXCHANGE 2025 SME Annual Conference & Expo IMFORMED was delighted to attend and speak at last week's MINEXCHANGE 2025 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Denver. Mike O'Driscoll has been [...]
Denver days loom large! Critical minerals & fluorspar on the agenda
PLUS: Tom Newman up for A. Frank Alsobrook Distinguished Service Award Looking forward to catching up next week with the global industrial minerals and mining community at the MINEXCHANGE 2025 SME Annual Conference & Expo, [...]
Magnesia supply & demand insights
Seen & Heard in Halkidiki: MagForum 2024 Reviewed Supply | Decarbonisation | Refractories | Chemicals | Nickel-Cobalt Processing | Wastewater | Agriculture For IMFORMED’s 8th annual MagForum conference, the premier meeting for global supply [...]
IMFORMED 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 Dalian, respectively (full [...]
Ismene 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 husband”. Ismene and [...]
Industrial 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 waste streams is now [...]
A life in minerals: Mike O’Driscoll is interviewed by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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, Director, IMFORMED, about the evolution [...]
Fluorspar 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?”). Ahead of the pack is [...]
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Magnesia World Sources Map®
Primary world sources and production capacity of key magnesia raw materials
Refractory Raw Material World Sources Map®
Primary world sources and production capacity of key refractory raw materials
