The refractories industry is facing some challenging headwinds, especially in Europe, but certain factors, plus bright spots expected from steel market performance in India, the Middle East and eventually the USA, should contribute to an [...]

Industrial minerals recycling has never been more important in today’s and tomorrow’s markets. With consumer overreliance on limited mineral sources, vulnerable supply chains, and the prevailing climate of tariff implementation and ongoing threats of more [...]

RECYCLING | MAGNESIA | FLUORINE | SALT As IMFORMED enters its twelfth year of business (Already?!? What happened?!?), Mike and Maria would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, supporters, friends, and families for their [...]

IMFORMED’s Salt Forum 2025 took place in the Abu Dhabi InterContinental last week attracting 100 attendees from 34 countries, active in all stages of salt supply and demand. A wide range of key topics were [...]

Fluorine Forum 2025 took place 3 weeks ago at Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy. What an event! Whether learning about increased Chinese fluorspar capacity, FSA developments in Morocco and Italy, latest LiPF6 and semiconductor market trends [...]

IMFORMED has just spent the week at the superb UNITECR 2025 in Cancun, where the global refractories community met for four days of networking, exhibits, and presentations. A wide range of refractory industry topics were [...]

In the far north of Peru, more than 1,000km north of Lima, in the arid countryside near the port city of Paita, in Paita Province, lies an alluvial deposit of andalusite that is the world’s [...]

Anyone scanning the fluorspar supply sector right now cannot have ignored the uptick in activity and attention to mine development projects for this specialist industrial mineral. Fluorspar has recently garnered increased attention owing to it’s [...]

Representing some 90 years of experience Can you spot who’s who in a recent reunion of Industrial Minerals magazine “Old Guard” in a London watering hole? Brian Coope 1970-1983 (1977-1983 Editor) Gerry Clarke 1978-1989 (1983-1987 [...]