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Market commentary & articles
Fluorspar supply & demand: French Riviera Review!
Seen & Heard at Fluorine Forum 2023 Market Review | Logistics | China | Mongolia | New Sources | Batteries | Welding | Fluoropolymers It was the Fluorine Forum that broke our attendance record: Fluorine [...]
Industrial minerals – have they finally gone critical?
Introduction to Mining Engineering’s IM Annual Review July 2024 by Mike O'Driscoll* The importance of industrial minerals to the world economy and everyday lives always used to be a hard sell to the uninitiated. Just [...]
Salt market under scrutiny at Swakopmund
Review of Salt Forum 2023 Supply & Demand Trends | New Source Projects | Southern Africa | Senegal | Europe | APAC | India | Australia | Processing | Logistics IMFORMED has organised its acclaimed [...]
RHI Magnesita to acquire Resco – gains US sources of fireclay, andalusite-pyrophyllite
Leading world magnesia and refractories producer RHI Magnesita (RHIM) plans to acquire US diverse refractory product and mineral producer Resco Group for US$430m. The move, announced by the Vienna-based group on 30 March 2024, marks [...]
Refractory raw material market spotlighted in Seville
Review of the XII European Congress of Refractory Raw Materials, Machinery & Installation Graphite | Alumina | Andalusite | Silicon Carbide | Magnesia | Logistics | Decarbonisation | Recycling Kicking off this year’s European refractory [...]
The crucial role of industrial minerals in defence & national security
Focus on refractory & abrasive markets By Nicholaus Rohleder, Co-Founder, Climate Commodities* The nexus between industrial minerals and national security is a topic of paramount importance, often overlooked in broader discussions about defence readiness and [...]
Are you on the Magnesia Map? NEW 2024 EDITION PUBLISHED!
Magnesia World Sources Map® Primary world sources & production capacity of key magnesia raw materials Magnesite | Caustic calcined magnesia | Dead burned magnesia | Fused magnesia | Magnesium hydroxide | Brucite | Huntite | Dunite | Olivine | Kieserite Distributed to [...]
Squaring the Circle: Challenges & opportunities in recycling refractory minerals
“Squaring the circle” is a problem in geometry that was first proposed in Greek mathematics. The expression “squaring the circle” is also sometimes used as a metaphor for trying to do the “impossible”, and can [...]
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REFRACTORIES | RECYCLING | MAGNESIA | BARITE | OILFIELD | FLUORINE | CHINA | SALT As IMFORMED nears its ninth anniversary, Mike and Ismene would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, friends, and families for their [...]
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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
