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MFG diversifies into refractory market supplying chromite & magnesia with new branch MFG Materia

Raw material producer and trader to the foundry and steel industry Metall-und Ferrolegierungsgesellschaft mbH Hafner, Blondin &Tidou (MFG), based in Meerbusch, Germany, has diversified into supplying chromite and refractory raw materials by launching a new subsidiary, MFG Materia GmbH based in its new location Lübeck, near Hamburg, Germany. Title Image Conveying Chromite: Bauba Resources’ Moeijelijk [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Monday, 23 October, 2023|Newsfile|Comments Off on MFG diversifies into refractory market supplying chromite & magnesia with new branch MFG Materia

Refractories Feast in Frankfurt!

Big thanks to the UNITECR 2023 organisers for putting on a terrific show last week. It was fabulous to meet our customers, contacts, & make new friends from the refractories world. IMFORMED thanks all those who stopped by our stand, attended the recycling panel, and Mike O’Driscoll’s presentation “Squaring the Circle: Recycling Refractory Minerals – [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Monday, 2 October, 2023|Newsfile|Comments Off on Refractories Feast in Frankfurt!

Hot dates for hot topics in refractories

CALL FOR PAPERS | SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES   XII European Congress of Refractory Raw Materials, Machinery & Installation Meliá Lebreros, Seville, 13-14 March 2024 Co-organised by ANFRE, Spain (National Association of Manufacturers of Refractories, Materials and Related Services) and IMFORMED, this will be a stimulating conference focusing on key aspects of the refractory raw [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Friday, 22 September, 2023|Newsfile|Comments Off on Hot dates for hot topics in refractories

Magnesia Amore at Maggiore | Supply & Market Outlook

Review of MagForum 2023, Baveno, Italy The shores of beautiful Lake Maggiore at Baveno hosted the largest and most successful MagForum to date. Some 230 international attendees from across the supply chain of the magnesia raw materials industry gathered in late May to network and learn of the latest market trends and developments. Certainly, there [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Thursday, 21 September, 2023|Newsfile|1 Comment

Dr Ian Wilson 1943 – 2023

It is with great sadness that we report the recent passing of our great friend, mentor, and worldly industrial mineral geologist Dr Ian Wilson in mid-June 2023, just weeks away from his 80th birthday. Without a doubt, Ian was one of the legendary geologists and communicators of the industrial minerals world and made long-lasting friendships [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Thursday, 20 July, 2023|Newsfile|9 Comments

Industrial Minerals Back to Basics: What? Why? How?

Workshop at 2023 AGM of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Sometimes you’ve just gotta get back to basics to properly understand the principles of the industrial minerals business and how it functions. IMFORMED was offered the opportunity to do just this by kind invitation to run a workshop at the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Benchmark Mineral [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Friday, 7 July, 2023|Newsfile|2 Comments

Industrial Minerals Review 2022-23: Getting greener | Sourcing smarter

My introduction to last year's IM Annual Review of Mining Engineering concluded with a pointer to the challenges facing the industrial minerals sector in developing and employing carbon emissions reduction, energy conservation, and recycling practices for a sustainable future (see Industrial Minerals Review 2021-22: Testing times sustain market turmoil, but outlook positive). Throw in further critical raw material [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Friday, 7 July, 2023|Newsfile|Comments Off on Industrial Minerals Review 2022-23: Getting greener | Sourcing smarter

Dusseldorf Daze! GIFA-METEC 2023

A hot, intense, but fabulous time last week networking at GIFA-METEC 2023, catching up with our many clients and contacts, and making new friends in the industrial minerals, refractory, foundry, metallurgy, & trading markets. We were especially pleased to meet so many Chinese contacts who were able to travel for the first time since the pandemic lockdown [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Monday, 19 June, 2023|Newsfile|Comments Off on Dusseldorf Daze! GIFA-METEC 2023

Fluorspar new sources go underground for the battery charge

Projects in Mongolia & Germany | Updates from USA, Canada, Italy, Kenya, Australia World fluorspar production capacity remains tight, with few, if any, new production capacities ready to come on-stream any time soon. However, there are some very interesting projects in the pipeline. Title Image Feeling their way underground: (left) Examining fluorite veins at KHD [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Thursday, 25 May, 2023|Newsfile|Comments Off on Fluorspar new sources go underground for the battery charge

Mineral recycling radiates in Dubrovnik | Mineral Recycling Forum 2023 Review

Industrial Minerals | Refractories | Li-ion Batteries | Construction Materials | Fertiliser | LIBS Springtime in Dubrovnik? It must be time for IMFORMED’s Mineral Recycling Forum 2023! And indeed it was, with close to 100 international delegates attending from across the industrial mineral recycling supply chain. Title Image Sun, Sea & Recycling: Another successful Mineral Recycling [...]

By |2024-03-22T05:52:12+00:00Thursday, 18 May, 2023|Newsfile|Comments Off on Mineral recycling radiates in Dubrovnik | Mineral Recycling Forum 2023 Review