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Industrial minerals trade and the “T” word
US Tariffs: minerals & markets in the line of fire Introduction to Mining Engineering IM Annual Review July 2025 by Mike O’Driscoll* There is no doubt, if any existed, that the commercial minerals world has [...]
Fluorspar supply & demand trends: is there a shortage?
Seen & Heard in Ulaanbaatar: Review of Fluorine Forum 2024 In what must rank as one of IMFORMED’s most ambitious conference venues to date, we were delighted to hold Fluorine Forum 2024 at the Shangri-La [...]
MagForum 2025 milestone in Brazil
Last week’s magnesia carnival - MagForum 2025 - in Praia do Forte, near Salvador, Bahia was a resounding success! In its 10th Anniversary year, IMFORMED staged its MagForum flagship conference outside Europe for the first [...]
Illuminating sustainability in refractories: RHI Magnesita walks the talk
Boosting CO2 reductions, recycling rates & game changing CCU plants: Constantin Beelitz, President Europe, CIS & Turkey, RHI Magnesita, talked with Mike O’Driscoll, IMFORMED on the company’s accelerating journey in sustainability within one of the [...]
Magnesia faces critical times
Refractory magnesia supply trends & developments Magnesia (magnesium oxide, MgO) is one of the great workhorse refractory raw materials vital to manufacturing a wide range of refractory products, in particular the ubiquitous magnesia-carbon brick, essential [...]
Minerals Recycling on the Riviera
IMFORMED’s 2025 conference programme got off to a fine start earlier this month with Mineral Recycling Forum 2025, at Mandelieu-La Napoule, near Cannes, 9-11 April. Bringing together leading players in recycling industrialminerals to network & [...]
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, [...]
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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
