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UK minerals’ moment in the sun
CRM reality check, sustainability & recycling | EIG 2022 Review IMFORMED was honoured to speak on recycling industrial minerals at last week’s 22nd Extractive Industry Geology Conference, hosted by the Camborne School of Mines at [...]
Industrial Minerals Review 2021-22
Testing times sustain market turmoil, but outlook positive 2020-21 was all about coping with COVID-19 and responding to the pandemic’s ramifications and the subsequent recovering market demand. While 2021-22 has seen a continuation of this [...]
Cofermin has the right “chemistry”
Last year we reported on the latest stage of evolution of global mineral distributor Cofermin Group, as it entered a new era of management in January 2021. In this latest follow-up article we focus on [...]
Fluorine growth in batteries & semiconductors | Fluorspar supply tightens
Review of Fluorine Forum 2021 ONLINE The global fluorine raw materials supply chain is undergoing a period of some challenge. In addition to the widespread disruption caused by the pandemic and ongoing logistical issues, compounded [...]
“Beyond Commodities”: Successful start for Cofermin’s new magnesia arm IMagine
Leading industrial minerals distributor Cofermin Group has strengthened its magnesia offering amid its expanding mineral portfolio by establishing a new division to specifically focus on magnesia material supply and markets. The new arm, called IMagine, [...]
Bernhard Krüger, “King of Chromite”, celebrates his 60th work-anniversary at the sharp end
Usually all good things must come to an end, although there’s one man in the minerals business whose “good thing” continues to last, even after decades longer than most others in the industry. On 15 [...]