North American mineral prospects - so who's doing what? Drilling core samples at the bottom of one of the pits on the Lost Sheep Mine property, Utah; a historic fluorspar mining area, Ares Strategic Mining is looking to bring it back on stream. Courtesy Ares Strategic Mining New fluorspar deposit development and progress [...]
We hope everyone is safe and bearing up as well as can be in these challenging times. Our stab at some light relief was putting out The IMFORMED Crossword Puzzle last month. We are most grateful for the kind comments and feedback we have received. Scores are in. Close runners-up were, in reverse order: [...]
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 [...]
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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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ensuring the health & safety of our attendees, exhibitors, partners, & staff is our top priority POSTPONED TO 2021: IMFORMED RENDEZVOUS | MAGFORUM | OILFIELD MINERALS FORUM | CHINA REFRACTORY MINERALS FORUM | FLUORINE FORUM (HANOI) FLUORINE FORUM 2020 REVISED PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES FOR FORUMS IMFORMED is diligently monitoring the situation, assimilating advice from relevant authorities, and [...]
Refra buys QMAG to boost captive magnesia supply & eyes non-refractory markets QMAG's plant at Parkhurst, near Rockhampton has a combined production capacity of >300,000 tpa of high grade fused (FM), dead burned (DBM), and caustic calcined (CCM) magnesia. Courtesy QMAG The long awaited outcome of Sibelco’s sale of Queensland Magnesia Pty Ltd [...]
