IMFORMED is delighted to announce a new online Forum for the refractory raw materials industry. Refractory Minerals Forum 2021 ONLINE 16-17 March 2021 FULL DETAILS HERE PLEASE NOTE NEW DATES FOR China Refractory Minerals Forum 2021, Dalian, 25-27 October 2021 Field Trip to Haimag, Haicheng Thurs 28 October The new conference will cover global trends [...]
Fluorine Forum 2020 ONLINE Review IMFORMED’s inaugural virtual event Fluorine Forum 2020 ONLINE took place last month and was hailed a great success by attendees keen to keep abreast of trends and developments in supply and demand for fluorine raw materials. Key takeaways included: Significant commercial interest in FSA-route plants in operation by 2022 as [...]
Panglobal action to kickstart domestic mineral projects driven by critical mineral demand It is regrettable that it takes a pandemic to spotlight what many have been warning about for some years: a shortage of commercially developed critical mineral resources and processing plants, and a risky overreliance on imports from limited overseas sources. But that's what's [...]
Challenges & Opportunities IMFORMED was honoured to be asked to present the Keynote presentation at the General Session of the recent Industrial Minerals Association-North America Virtual Annual Meeting. Industrial Minerals Association-North America (IMA-NA) is the representative voice of the industrial minerals sector in North America, bringing together the industry’s leaders to promote best practices, organising [...]
Fluorine Forum 2020 ONLINE Programme Confirmed IMFORMED is delighted to announce the programme for Fluorine Forum 2020 ONLINE, 12.00-16.30 BST Tuesday 13 October (details here) While our original planned event in Hanoi has been postponed to 18-21 October 2021 (see Fluorine Forum 2021) we are pleased to offer delegates an online alternative with which to assess [...]
IMFORMED interviewed for Interceram’s Refractories Manual 2020 Recovering spent MgO-C refractory bricks from a ladle at Sidenor, Spain - a very active pioneer in valorisation of refractory waste. Courtesy Sidenor IMFORMED was delighted to have been interviewed for this year’s Refractories Manual 2020, the annual Special Edition of Interceram. Interceram - International Ceramic [...]
First Bauxite high grade alternative source for non-met. markets PLUS: Australian Bauxite progress | China bauxite latest Early July saw First Bauxite LLC load the first bulk ocean vessel of its Guyanese raw high grade non-metallurgical bauxite for overseas markets in refractories, cement, abrasives, and water treatment. Although it has taken some 10 years to [...]
IMFORMED-Tractus Asia Webinar Reviewed The industrial minerals sector has been rocked; first, by the US-China trade war, its ensuing political tensions, and then by the pandemic. Last week 150 attendees signed up to a webinar on Wednesday 22 July organised by IMFORMED and Tractus Asia to learn about recent market developments, potential strategies to mitigate [...]
Report on NAIME’s Magnesia & Refractory Webinar Dashiqiao 9 July 2020 Last week IMFORMED was delighted to be invited to present on world magnesia supply trends at a special conference and webinar organised by the Northeast Asian Industrial Minerals Exchange (NAIME), Beijing Easynai Information Technology Co. Ltd, and the Liaoning Magnesium Industry Development Group. “2020 [...]
Introduction to Mining Engineering's annual review of industrial minerals IMFORMED is delighted and honoured to have been invited to write the introductory article "2020 Vision for Industrial Minerals" for Mining Engineering's latest annual review of industrial minerals. The article, written by Mike O'Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, has just been published in the July 2020 issue of Mining [...]
