Refractory mineral processor MMW Hamm acquired by Possehl Erzkontor World leading industrial mineral trading company Possehl Erzkontor GmbH & Co. KG is on a mission to transform itself through diversification and verticalisation into “an integrated end-to-end provider of raw material solutions” by 2024. Title picture Trading up: Dead burned magnesia being loaded in big bags for [...]
IMFORMED is delighted to announce a new online Forum for the refractory raw materials industry. Refractory Minerals Forum 2021 ONLINE 16-17 March 2021 FULL DETAILS HERE PLEASE NOTE NEW DATES FOR China Refractory Minerals Forum 2021, Dalian, 25-27 October 2021 Field Trip to Haimag, Haicheng Thurs 28 October The new conference will cover global trends [...]
Fluorine Forum 2020 ONLINE Review IMFORMED’s inaugural virtual event Fluorine Forum 2020 ONLINE took place last month and was hailed a great success by attendees keen to keep abreast of trends and developments in supply and demand for fluorine raw materials. Key takeaways included: Significant commercial interest in FSA-route plants in operation by 2022 as [...]
Panglobal action to kickstart domestic mineral projects driven by critical mineral demand It is regrettable that it takes a pandemic to spotlight what many have been warning about for some years: a shortage of commercially developed critical mineral resources and processing plants, and a risky overreliance on imports from limited overseas sources. But that's what's [...]
Challenges & Opportunities IMFORMED was honoured to be asked to present the Keynote presentation at the General Session of the recent Industrial Minerals Association-North America Virtual Annual Meeting. Industrial Minerals Association-North America (IMA-NA) is the representative voice of the industrial minerals sector in North America, bringing together the industry’s leaders to promote best practices, organising [...]
Fluorine Forum 2020 ONLINE Programme Confirmed IMFORMED is delighted to announce the programme for Fluorine Forum 2020 ONLINE, 12.00-16.30 BST Tuesday 13 October (details here) While our original planned event in Hanoi has been postponed to 18-21 October 2021 (see Fluorine Forum 2021) we are pleased to offer delegates an online alternative with which to assess [...]
IMFORMED interviewed for Interceram’s Refractories Manual 2020 Recovering spent MgO-C refractory bricks from a ladle at Sidenor, Spain - a very active pioneer in valorisation of refractory waste. Courtesy Sidenor IMFORMED was delighted to have been interviewed for this year’s Refractories Manual 2020, the annual Special Edition of Interceram. Interceram - International Ceramic [...]
First Bauxite high grade alternative source for non-met. markets PLUS: Australian Bauxite progress | China bauxite latest Early July saw First Bauxite LLC load the first bulk ocean vessel of its Guyanese raw high grade non-metallurgical bauxite for overseas markets in refractories, cement, abrasives, and water treatment. Although it has taken some 10 years to [...]
IMFORMED-Tractus Asia Webinar Reviewed The industrial minerals sector has been rocked; first, by the US-China trade war, its ensuing political tensions, and then by the pandemic. Last week 150 attendees signed up to a webinar on Wednesday 22 July organised by IMFORMED and Tractus Asia to learn about recent market developments, potential strategies to mitigate [...]
Report on NAIME’s Magnesia & Refractory Webinar Dashiqiao 9 July 2020 Last week IMFORMED was delighted to be invited to present on world magnesia supply trends at a special conference and webinar organised by the Northeast Asian Industrial Minerals Exchange (NAIME), Beijing Easynai Information Technology Co. Ltd, and the Liaoning Magnesium Industry Development Group. “2020 [...]
