Courtesy Port of Ghent The importance of logistics in transporting industrial minerals from mine to market came under the spotlight last week at IMFORMED’s Mineral Logistics Forum 2017, 10-11 April 2017, held at [...]

The Year Dot: a plethora of oil wells exploiting the Permian Basin populate Eddy County, New Mexico. Google Earth 2017 The oilfield minerals industry is emerging from the doldrums of 2015/16 with renewed [...]

Mineral Recycling Forum 2017 Review Rotterdam was again the setting for IMFORMED’s second Mineral Recycling Forum last week, 7-8 March 2017, bringing together leading players in the fast evolving secondary raw materials sector. A real [...]

Shipping Outlook | Kaolin from Brazil | New Silk Way | Mineral Inspection |  Fertiliser Minerals Completion of the new sea lock is expected end-2019; 500 metres long, 70 metres wide, and 18 metres [...]

Andalusite slipping through the fingers: Processing andalusite at Andalusite Resources' plant, Maroeloesfontein, Limpopo province, South Africa. And the winner is…the Competition Tribunal of South Africa, plus consumers of andalusite for refractories: no mixed [...]

The emergence of secondary raw materials becoming a more mainstream source of recycled industrial minerals is to increase in significance in the overall supply chain from mine to market. However, the diversification of end use [...]

Additional speakers: Harsco | Befesa | Hosokawa Alpine | STET There is just a month to go until IMFORMED’s upcoming Mineral Recycling Forum 2017, 7-8 March 2017, Rotterdam. Much interest is already gathering for our [...]

Key takeaways from Dubai: Market recovery on the way Saudi rig activity up Mineral demand increase expected Gas supply challenge a driver Stricter environmental specs. on barite Aramco pushing for SG4.2 barite, Na-treated bentonite, local [...]

Additional speakers | Sponsor news With just over a week to IMFORMED’s inaugural Oilfield Minerals & Markets Forum Dubai 2017, 15-17 January, at the Habtoor Grand Resort Dubai, we are delighted to announce some updates [...]