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Refractory Minerals Forum 2021 ONLINE – Let’s keep in contact & conversation!

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 [...]

By |Thursday, 12 November, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|Comments Off on Refractory Minerals Forum 2021 ONLINE – Let’s keep in contact & conversation!

Fluorspar market outlook: alternative sources ascendant | Li-ion battery potential

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 [...]

By |Wednesday, 4 November, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|2 Comments

New era of mineral exploration, sourcing & development dawns

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 [...]

By |Monday, 26 October, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|2 Comments

The World of Industrial Minerals Under COVID-19

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 [...]

By |Wednesday, 7 October, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|Comments Off on The World of Industrial Minerals Under COVID-19

Fluorspar market trends & outlook

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 [...]

By |Monday, 21 September, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|Comments Off on Fluorspar market trends & outlook

Refractory minerals outlook: “Industrial waste resources will become the new normal”

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 [...]

By |Friday, 11 September, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|Comments Off on Refractory minerals outlook: “Industrial waste resources will become the new normal”

Guyana bauxite newcomer starts bulk shipments

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 [...]

By |Wednesday, 5 August, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|Comments Off on Guyana bauxite newcomer starts bulk shipments

Industrial Minerals: Fallout, Opportunities, Recovery Strategies

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 [...]

By |Tuesday, 28 July, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|2 Comments

Magnesia in Question: China & World Trends Discussed

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 [...]

By |Thursday, 16 July, 2020|Categories: Newsfile|1 Comment

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