Shipping Outlook | Kaolin from Brazil | New Silk Way | Mineral Inspection | Fertiliser Minerals Completion of the new sea lock is expected end-2019; 500 metres long, 70 metres wide, and 18 metres deep. The outline of the new lock is now becoming clearly visible from the air (inset). Construction commenced in 2016, [...]
Andalusite slipping through the fingers: Processing andalusite at Andalusite Resources' plant, Maroeloesfontein, Limpopo province, South Africa. And the winner is…the Competition Tribunal of South Africa, plus consumers of andalusite for refractories: no mixed up envelopes in this drama. The Appeal Court in South Africa today ruled in favour of the Competition Tribunal and [...]
The emergence of secondary raw materials becoming a more mainstream source of recycled industrial minerals is to increase in significance in the overall supply chain from mine to market. However, the diversification of end use markets and the manufactured products consumed within them create differing degrees of complexity and varying rates of ultimate success in [...]
Additional speakers: Harsco | Befesa | Hosokawa Alpine | STET There is just a month to go until IMFORMED’s upcoming Mineral Recycling Forum 2017, 7-8 March 2017, Rotterdam. Much interest is already gathering for our second Mineral Recycling Forum, expanded following the success of our inaugural event last year where over 100 senior decision makers [...]
Key takeaways from Dubai: Market recovery on the way Saudi rig activity up Mineral demand increase expected Gas supply challenge a driver Stricter environmental specs. on barite Aramco pushing for SG4.2 barite, Na-treated bentonite, local suppliers Broychim to open new 240,000 tpa barite plant at Safi The oilfield minerals community descended on Dubai in mid-January [...]
Additional speakers | Sponsor news With just over a week to IMFORMED’s inaugural Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum Dubai 2017, 15-17 January, at the Habtoor Grand Resort Dubai, we are delighted to announce some updates to the programme. The barite mine in Karazhal, central Kazakhstan, operated by a j-v between Halliburton and Global Chemicals [...]
SUPER EARLY BIRD RATES FIELD TRIP TO MEXICHEM CALL FOR PAPERS In response to customer demand, IMFORMED is delighted to announce its inaugural Fluorine Forum 2017, 30 October – 1 November 2017, in San Luis Potosí, followed by a Field Trip, 2 November 2017, to Mexichem, operator of the world’s largest fluorspar mine. Set in a [...]
The Middle East remains a powerhouse of oil and gas production and thus a major market for oilfield minerals used in drilling fluids, stimulation and cementing applications. The region is a major importer of key oilfield minerals such as barite and bentonite used in drilling fluids, and is anticipated to be a potential growth market [...]
FINAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED REGISTER NOW! SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016 DAY ONE: WELCOME 16:00 Registration Island Hotel, Newport Beach 18:00 Welcome Drinks Reception & Networking sponsored by Bass Metals Ltd MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2016 DAY TWO: CONFERENCE 07:30 Registration | Networking Breakfast | Exhibition Booths 08:30 Welcome Address Mike O'Driscoll, Director, & Ismene Clarke, Director, [...]
One could argue that last week’s announcement of the proposed merger of two of the world’s largest magnesia and refractory groups – RHI AG’s takeover of Magnesita Refratários SA to form RHI Magnesita – was only a matter of time. RHI Magnesita will fuse together the world’s second and third largest refractory groups, pooling an impressive [...]
