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2020 Vision for Industrial Minerals
Introduction to Mining Engineering's annual review of industrial minerals IMFORMED is delighted and honoured to have been invited to write the introductory article "2020 Vision for Industrial Minerals" for Mining Engineering's latest annual review of industrial [...]
WEBINAR: Industrial Minerals – Trade War, Politics, & Covid-19
WEDNESDAY 22 JULY 2020 | 22:00 SINGAPORE | 15:00 LONDON | 10:00 EST The industrial minerals sector has been rocked; first, by the US-China trade war, its ensuing political tensions, and then by the [...]
Magnesia from the “Roof of the World” to Kentucky
The Kamaduo magnesite deposit near Chamdo, north-east Tibet, lies at some 4,200 metres altitude, hosting >50m tonnes reserves of magnesite grading 47.6% MgO with low iron and silica. PRCO has an exclusive 99 year [...]
2020 Global Magnesia Refractory Conference/Webinar – Northeast Asia Magnesia Exchange
9-10 July 2020 14:00-18:00 Beijing Time In-person & Virtual Conference Lihua Hotel, Dashiqiao, Liaoning Province, China PLEASE NOTE: ALL SESSIONS IN CHINESE EXCEPT FOR MIKE O’DRISCOLL’S PRESENTATION IN ENGLISH DAY 1: 9 July 14.00 Beijing [...]
WEBINAR: Fluorspar market trends 25 June 2020
Impact of COVID-19 | Threat of alternatives to fluorspar Organised by Roskill | panel participation by IMFORMED 25 June 2020 Roskill will present its latest views and insights on the fluorspar industry and the entire F-supply [...]
Fluorine focus: new & alternative source developments Part 2
Non-fluorspar sources – evolving & utilised; FSA a game changer? The shape of things to come? Buss ChemTech’s third plant for Wengfu Group converting FSA to AHF; installed with 20,000 tpa AHF capacity in [...]
Fluorine focus: new & alternative source developments Part 1
North American mineral prospects - so who's doing what? Drilling core samples at the bottom of one of the pits on the Lost Sheep Mine property, Utah; a historic fluorspar mining area, Ares Strategic [...]
The IMFORMED Industrial Minerals Crossword – winner announced, solutions available
We hope everyone is safe and bearing up as well as can be in these challenging times. Our stab at some light relief was putting out The IMFORMED Crossword Puzzle last month. We are most [...]
RMCC Russian brucite project progress: Asian magnesium hydroxide markets targeted
European processing option realised with Quimialmel, Spain RMCC’s 350,000 tpa brucite mine, Kuldur, Russia Far East; Inset: recent core samples awaiting analysis from the huge Savkinsky deposit, planned to be on stream in 2025. [...]
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Magnesia World Sources Map®
Primary world sources and production capacity of key magnesia raw materials
Refractory Raw Material World Sources Map®
Primary world sources and production capacity of key refractory raw materials
