Silo loading a Halliburton truck with drilling grade barite at Cimbar’s recently opened plant at Marietta, Ohio Courtesy CIMBAR CIMBAR Performance Minerals Inc. has recently opened a new barite operation in Marietta, Ohio, [...]

Just a quick note to say a big thank you to all our sponsors, speakers, and delegates for supporting and participating in such positive fashion at our inaugural IMFORMED Rendezvous this week (8-10 April, at [...]

Mineral Recycling Forum 2019 Krakow – Review This year’s Mineral Recycling Forum 2019 took place in the lovely city of Kraków, south Poland, where international delegates from across the supply chain of industrial mineral recycling [...]

Drivers, factors, keys to success Following on from our earlier analysis of the underlying principles of the industrial minerals business (see Part 1: Overview, structure & key takeaways), here we discover what makes it tick, [...]

Overview, structure, & trends The industrial minerals market is not always an easy one to understand. Minerals and rocks exploited for their non-metallurgical value represent a vital but frequently poorly understood sector of the global [...]

It is with great sadness that we report the recent passing of Prof. Wen Lu, the respected authority on Chinese industrial minerals. Wen Lu’s contribution to knowledge and understanding of China’s vast industrial minerals resources [...]

Smart Mining - Resources for a Connected World, 24-27 February 2019 Mike O'Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED will be attending this year's SME Annual Meeting & Expo, 25-27 February 2019 at the Denver Convention Center - more [...]

IMFORMED Rendezvous, 8-10 2019, Paris - Confirmed Programme All you need to know, all you need to meet, all in one place BOOK HERE! EARLY BIRD RATE ENDS 25 FEBRUARY 2019 Bringing together and making connections for [...]