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Mineral Recycling Forum 2018: Review
Refractory wreck-out: a steel ladle disgorges its spent refractory brick lining - once a waste product bound for expensive landfill sites, now a keenly sought after secondary raw material. Courtesy Sidenor IMFORMED’s Mineral [...]
Refractory raw material supply “the single most important challenge”
Refractory Rendezvous Delhi – IREFCON18 Report India's Tirupati Graphite Group has been a leader in flake graphite production for over two decades supplying refractory, foundry and speciality markets; pictured is the mine at Gaura [...]
Southern Sand Storm
How US proppant demand has influenced ceramic mineral supply The Kermit, Texas plant of Hi-Crush Partners LP, located in the Permian Basin, has an annual production capacity of 3m tons of high-quality West Texas [...]
Oilfield Minerals Outlook Middle East
Review of Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum Middle East 2018, Bahrain Courtesy RheoMinerals Inc. Key takeaways Middle East growth recognised by oilfield service companies Rising power demand drives push for unconventional gas resources Drilling muds [...]
Dog Days ahead for Chinese mineral consumers?
Refractory bauxite: CMP starts new plant | Bosai to add new rotary kilns Dogged by shortages and rising prices: a lone hound sniffs out some calcined bauxite at a stockyard in Tanggu; inset left [...]
Forums 2018 Update: Fluorine Forum | Refractory Recycling Field Trip
Fluorine Forum 2018 IMFORMED is delighted to announce the dates and venue of its fluorine minerals and markets conference Fluorine Forum 2018, 15-17 October 2018, Hotel Wellington, Madrid. We intend to build on the success [...]
Best Wishes for 2018!
As IMFORMED nears its third anniversary, Mike and Ismene would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, friends, and families for their unstinting support during the year. May we take this opportunity to wish all of you [...]
Fluorspar feelgood factor in Mexico
Fluorine Forum 2017 review: acidspar growth, metspar scarcity IMFORMED is delighted to report on the success of its inaugural Fluorine Forum which took place in San Luis Potosí, Mexico 30 October-2 November 2017 – two days [...]
China bauxite supply sector faces winter closures
Price rises with 5-month Shanxi plant shutdown to March 2018 in anti-pollution measure Just when you wondered if things could get any worse. Further to our earlier report on the impact of environmental legislation on [...]
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Magnesia World Sources Map®
Primary world sources and production capacity of key magnesia raw materials
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Primary world sources and production capacity of key refractory raw materials
