New Circular Economy Package targets mineral recycling and trade in secondary raw materials The European Commission (EC) has recently adopted what it calls an “ambitious” new Circular Economy Package in order to propel Europe towards a circular economy. The initiative, driven by a team headed by First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Vice-President Jyrki Katainen, will [...]
The world's new meeting place for the natural graphite industry IMFORMED is proud to announce its first partnership with Benchmark Mineral Intelligence to launch Graphite Supply Chain 2016, 13-15 November 2016, Newport Beach (near LA), California, USA, a high value conference and workshop for the natural graphite industry. Graphite Supply Chain 2016 will analyse graphite’s price [...]
Industrial Minerals Basics: An Executive Primer As the minerals industry hunkers down for the end of the year amid depressed markets and falling commodity prices, it’s surely the time to take stock of what’s what and see how we might come out of the other side better prepared. During the first week of December, London [...]
A review of synthetic magnesia development By Akio Ishida, Managing Executive Officer, Ube Material Industries Ltd, Japan It started with salt Although Japan has no natural magnesite resources, a number of unique synthetic magnesia producers have emerged since the late 19th Century. Most of these originated and are located in “Setonaikai” (the Seto Inland Sea; [...]
Secondary Raw Materials to become more mainstream source for buyers There is a sense that the recycling of industrial minerals in Europe is about to take a quantum leap during the next 5-10 years, boosted by European Commission and other initiatives, rising primary raw material costs, and the evolution of processing technology. This trend has [...]
Manaseer to pursue calcium carbonate fillers market Ecutec Barcelona SL is to construct a major ground calcium carbonate (GCC) plant for the Manaseer Group in Jordan, as Joe Roettle, Global Sales Manager, provides IMFORMED with a positive outlook for the industrial minerals market. Developed Crushers Co., part of the diversified Manaseer Group in Jordan, has chosen [...]
IMFORMED welcomes European Minerals Day 2015! The 2015 European Minerals Day is officially launched today in Rumelange, Luxembourg, at the Cimalux cement facility. Children get to grips with chalk (calcium carbonate) and learn how it is mined and processed in Europe for a wide range of everyday products. Courtesy European Minerals Day The [...]
Mineral supply chain and market competition awareness urged One of industrial minerals’ key consuming markets, refractories, is expected to undergo a period of slow growth for the next few years, meaning at least steady, if not reduced, demand for refractory minerals. RHI AG's Weissenstein magnesite mine, Austria, supplies feedstock for dead burned magnesia used [...]
IMFORMED announces H1 2016 conferences Recycling | Logistics | Magnesia | Oilfield IMFORMED is delighted to announce confirmed dates and venues for the first half of 2016. In response to this year’s success of our inaugural Mineral Logistics and Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forums, we shall be running these again in 2016. As well as fresh [...]
Graphite users are closely monitoring the emergence of the new generation battery market as its market share grows. The evolution of Li-ion batteries and their growing application in electric vehicles, utility storage facilities, and consumer-led electronic devices has led to this market to taking a major share of world flake graphite supply, and now vies [...]
