As IMFORMED nears its third anniversary, Mike and Ismene would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, friends, and families for their unstinting support during the year. May we take this opportunity to wish all of you a most Happy, Peaceful, and Prosperous New Year, and very much look forward to continuing our business and meeting you [...]
Fluorine Forum 2017 review: acidspar growth, metspar scarcity IMFORMED is delighted to report on the success of its inaugural Fluorine Forum which took place in San Luis Potosí, Mexico 30 October-2 November 2017 – two days of high quality presentations and discussion followed by an exclusive visit to the world’s largest fluorspar mine operated by Mexichem. [...]
Price rises with 5-month Shanxi plant shutdown to March 2018 in anti-pollution measure Just when you wondered if things could get any worse. Further to our earlier report on the impact of environmental legislation on China’s minerals industry (see Newsfile: China minerals meltdown) it now seems that bauxite and brown fused alumina producers in Shanxi [...]
Bauxite/BFA supply shortage | CMP last man standing? The heat is on: Chinese BFA is in short supply, prices are rising fast, and Henan province expects plant closures Nov 2017-Mar 2018. If ever there was a time to acknowledge and try to understand the significant influence of Chinese policies on industrial mineral supply [...]
Offtake deals for new players | Ceylon Graphite exploration As the industry builds up to its annual meeting at Graphite Supply Chain 2017, 5-7 November, Balboa Bay Resort, Newport Beach, organised by IMFORMED and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a raft of announcements indicates global development activity for graphite is showing no signs of letting up. Bass Metals' [...]
Fluorspar market upturn projected for 2018 | US HFC ban showdown "We have to make underground mining in the UK more efficient, that is the future." Peter Robinson, Chairman, British Fluorspar. Courtesy British Fluorspar British Fluorspar’s rejuvenation of the Milldam Mine in Derbyshire, UK is one of several industrial mineral developments which have [...]
Canada Fluorspar leads pack of emerging new suppliers Canada Fluorspar Inc.’s St Lawrence mine was officially opened, or rather, reactivated last month, following almost 40 years of exploration and attempts to restart operations since the mine was closed in 1978 (see history chart). New horizons for Newfoundland fluorspar: the recently reopened St Lawrence mine [...]
Book Now! Early Bird Closing Soon €1400 | £1200 | US$1500 Thereafter: €1900 | £1600 | US$2000 Meet the global fluorine market in San Luis Potosi Visit the world's largest mine of Mexichem Programme Hotel Registration Fluorine Forum 2017 & our market analysis For all enquiries, please contact Ismene Clarke +44 [...]
The prospect of China’s magnesite mining sector coming under state ownership accompanied by consolidation of major players into one entity is looking increasingly likely to come to fruition this year. The Huaziyu magnesite mine, Haicheng, the second largest magnesite mine in Liaoning province. This magnesite source and others like it are soon to be [...]
• Environmental and explosives controls impact output, prices increase • Magnesite supply reform: state control of raw magnesite sales • Bauxite/BFA supply also challenged How green is my valley? Mining of magnesite and production of magnesia in Liaoning province has been severely hit by a combination of very limited provision of explosives for mining [...]
