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Dragon’s dominance in decline? Refractory mineral world ponders sourcing future
Review of China Refractory Minerals Forum 2021 ONLINE As we head towards the Chinese New Year of the Tiger (1 February 2022), it is timely to review some of the key issues influencing the supply of [...]
Get back into action with IMFORMED for 2022 – Confirmed Speakers
As IMFORMED nears its seventh anniversary, Mike and Ismene would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, friends, and families for their unstinting support during this last, and somewhat challenging, year. May we take this opportunity to [...]
Oilfield Minerals Outlook: Review of ONLINE Forum 2021
Oil & Gas Market | Barite | Bentonite | Pollucite/Caesium Formate | Gilsonite While it wasn’t quite the usual fizz and excitement of our annual in-person event in Houston where we bring together the great and [...]
Fluorspar supply sources emerge: Mongolia | USA | Canada | Greenland
Being designated a “critical mineral” in the EU and more recently in the USA has certainly assisted fluorspar’s standing as an exploration target. However, those already in the market have known for some years now [...]
New dawn for Brazilian bauxite
Bautek expands & enters refractory, abrasive, chemical markets It is often said that timing is everything. And right now, the timing of bringing to market any new or alternative source of aluminosilicate minerals outside of [...]
Refractory Mineral Maelstrom: The heat is on | Seen & heard at ICR Aachen
China Crisis Deepens | Refra-Horn Recycling JV | Cofermin Magnesia Arm | Alumina Issues Last week’s 64th International Refractories Colloquium held in Aachen, organised by the European Centre for Refractories gGmbH (ECREF) was a somewhat [...]
Magnesia markets outlook: MagForum 2021 ONLINE Review
Supply & Demand | China | CO2 Reduction | Sensor Sorting | Process Costs | Digitisation | Dolomite | Synthetic MgO | Trading | Chemical Markets In what has proved to be another most challenging [...]
M!NERALS now one of Europe’s largest industrial mineral suppliers
Cofermin’s evolution 2: Expanding beyond a Chinese minerals focus Securing Chinese industrial minerals supply for world markets has been a vital and growing role for mineral traders and distributors since the 1980s. And it has [...]
Forums announced for 2022 – Save the dates!
CALL FOR PAPERS | SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES | EARLY BIRD RATES Mineral Recycling Forum 2022 28-30 March Hilton Imperial, Dubrovnik The latest developments in recycling industrial minerals from a range of waste sources, including tailings, refractories, [...]
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