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 unstinting support during 2025.
The year was a particularly tough and uniquely unusual one, having begun it with heavy hearts following the sudden passing of our dear friend and co-founder Ismene Clarke in late 2024.
With the echoes of her immortal encouraging refrain of “Just get on with it!”, we did just that, with the ever-energetic Maria Bernard stepping up her invaluable input to IMFORMED (having worked with us since 2019) and ensuring we kept on track for the year.
Thus we ran four very successful events last year, notably our first in South America with a very adventurous MagForum 2025 in Salvador, Brazil, and a record attendance Fluorine Forum 2025 in Baveno, Italy.
Left: Delegates enjoy REF MINERAL’s Mineral Recycling Forum 2025 Welcome Reception on the French Riviera at Mandelieu-La Napoule; (Inset) joined by Ismene’s mother Daphne and budding conference assistant Evie O’Driscoll; Right: MagForum 2025 delegates show their appreciation on the spectacularly memorable Field Trip to RHI Magnesita’s Brumado operations.
Mineral Recycling Forum 2025, Cannes continued to gain traction from the mineral sectors advancing their recycling developments, especially refractories, while our fledgling Salt Forum 2025, Abu Dhabi – in just its fourth year – further established its credentials as the key meeting point for global salt players with an expanded and increasingly diverse attendance.
Left: Delegates take in the wonderful Fluorsid Welcome Reception on stunning Lake Maggiore at Fluorine Forum 2025; (Inset) Grand Hotel Dino presented us with a special (and delicious!) cake for IMFORMED’s 10th Anniversary; Right: At Salt Forum 2025 IMFORMED was most honoured to receive the Mexican Ambassador to the UAE, His Excellency Luis Alfonso de Alba, pictured next to Mike, with members of ValjimCo, Mexico, and Maria.
For 2026 we have another exciting programme in store (see below) with Mineral Recycling Forum 2026 in Cannes once again, MagForum 2026 returning to Europe in Baveno, Fluorine Forum 2026 also in Italy, and Salt Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi.
We continue to encourage feedback from our delegates and listen to their comments: our aim has always been to provide the best possible event for your industry taking into account all options at the time to make our Forums economic, informative, and enjoyable for you.
May we take this opportunity to wish all of you a most Happy, Peaceful, and Prosperous New Year, and we very much look forward to continuing our business and meeting with you in 2026.
Forums for 2026
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Mineral Recycling Forum 2026
15-17 April
Pullmann Cannes Mandelieu, Mandelieu-La Napoule (Cannes)
The latest developments in recycling industrial minerals from a range of waste sources, including tailings, refractories, slags, ash, construction, batteries and their markets
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MagForum 2026
18-20 May
Grand Hotel Dino, Baveno, Lake Maggiore (Milan)
For the full spectrum of global magnesia minerals and markets analysis and outlook.
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Fluorine Forum 2026
26-28 October
Grand Hotel Dino, Baveno, Lake Maggiore (Milan)
High quality knowledge and networking for fluorine minerals and markets supply and demand.
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