Mike O'Driscoll

About Mike O'Driscoll

Mike has over 30 years experience in the international mining and minerals industry, specialising in industrial minerals and markets, for which he is widely recognised as a leading expert. After serving 26 years at Industrial Minerals (IM) magazine – 17 years as Editor – Mike left IM in 2014 to pursue an independent career in the industrial minerals business, and launched IMFORMED in January 2015 with Ismene Clarke. Read more >

WEBINAR: Fluorspar market trends 25 June 2020

Impact of COVID-19 | Threat of alternatives to fluorspar Organised by Roskill | panel participation by IMFORMED 25 June 2020 Roskill will present its latest views and insights on the fluorspar industry and the entire F-supply chain, examining the challenges caused by COVID-19 given the impact the pandemic is having globally, and what the future may [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:17+00:00Thursday, 18 June, 2020|Newsfile|0 Comments

RMCC Russian brucite project progress: Asian magnesium hydroxide markets targeted

European processing option realised with Quimialmel, Spain RMCC’s 350,000 tpa brucite mine, Kuldur, Russia Far East; Inset: recent core samples awaiting analysis from the huge Savkinsky deposit, planned to be on stream in 2025. Courtesy RMCC Leading brucite producer, Russian Mining Chemical Co. LLC (RMCC), has completed the first stage of development of [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:17+00:00Thursday, 21 May, 2020|Newsfile|0 Comments

Challenging & Changing Times: latest updates on Forums 2020-21

Plus: Proceedings & Wall Charts Available | The IMFORMED Crossword To all our customers, sponsors, and supporters, We hope you are staying safe and well in these challenging times. Ensuring the health and safety of our attendees, exhibitors, partners & staff is our top priority. IMFORMED continues to monitor the situation, assimilating advice, and assessing [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:17+00:00Friday, 24 April, 2020|Newsfile|0 Comments

Minerals world faces challenging future; potential positive outcomes provide ray of light – UPDATED

Market Monitor: US “critical” industry list | SA mine shutdown | Refractories | Steel | Foundry | Cement | Glass | Oilfield Magnesite extraction at Haicheng City Zhongzhao Magnesite Co. Ltd’s Wangjiapu mine, Haicheng, Liaoning, China; traditionally a major exporter, but as China resumes operations, its markets in the West are in lockdown. [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:17+00:00Monday, 30 March, 2020|Newsfile|9 Comments

Recycling Industrial Minerals: Challenges, Solutions & Opportunities

Review of Mineral Recycling Forum 2020, Aachen Last week’s IMFORMED Mineral Recycling Forum 2020 in Aachen, Germany squeaked in under the wire before the EU lockdown response to the Covid-19 virus outbreak. With sensible precautionary measures in place and a communal enthusiasm to look out for one another while actively participating in the conference, some [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:17+00:00Friday, 20 March, 2020|Newsfile|0 Comments

China’s mineral supply to global markets: dominance, diversity & disruption

COVID-19 impact continues as mineral consumers ponder future supply mind set Hand sorting high grade magnesite from the underground mine of Haicheng Haiming Mining Co. Ltd, one of Liaoning's newest state-of-the-art producers of CCM, DBM and FM. It’s happened a few times before: during the SARS outbreak of 2003, the Beijing Olympics of [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:17+00:00Thursday, 5 March, 2020|Newsfile|1 Comment