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The crucial role of industrial minerals in defence & national security
Focus on refractory & abrasive markets By Nicholaus Rohleder, Co-Founder, Climate Commodities* The nexus between industrial minerals and national security is a topic of paramount importance, often overlooked in broader discussions about defence readiness and [...]
Are you on the Magnesia Map? NEW 2024 EDITION PUBLISHED!
Magnesia World Sources Map® Primary world sources & production capacity of key magnesia raw materials Magnesite | Caustic calcined magnesia | Dead burned magnesia | Fused magnesia | Magnesium hydroxide | Brucite | Huntite | Dunite | Olivine | Kieserite Distributed to [...]
Squaring the Circle: Challenges & opportunities in recycling refractory minerals
“Squaring the circle” is a problem in geometry that was first proposed in Greek mathematics. The expression “squaring the circle” is also sometimes used as a metaphor for trying to do the “impossible”, and can [...]
Let IMFORMED bring the mineral markets together for you in 2024
REFRACTORIES | RECYCLING | MAGNESIA | BARITE | OILFIELD | FLUORINE | CHINA | SALT As IMFORMED nears its ninth anniversary, Mike and Ismene would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, friends, and families for their [...]
Oilfield minerals outlook
Review of Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum 2023, Houston, 9-11 May And a new format announced for 2024! Industrial minerals remain essential ingredients to all oil and gas drilling operations. While the large volume workhorse [...]
Salt market meets in Namibia!
Salt Forum 2023 takes place in Swakopmund A spectacular week concluded earlier in November discussing salt supply and demand amid networking with the world’s leading players at IMFORMED’s Salt Forum 2023, Swakopmund, 6-9 November. This [...]