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Ecutec to build GCC plant in Jordan – industry “picking up”
Manaseer to pursue calcium carbonate fillers market Ecutec Barcelona SL is to construct a major ground calcium carbonate (GCC) plant for the Manaseer Group in Jordan, as Joe Roettle, Global Sales Manager, provides IMFORMED with a [...]
European Minerals Day – Minerals Matter!!
IMFORMED welcomes European Minerals Day 2015! The 2015 European Minerals Day is officially launched today in Rumelange, Luxembourg, at the Cimalux cement facility. Children get to grips with chalk (calcium carbonate) and learn how [...]
Refractory minerals outlook: slow growth period looms
Mineral supply chain and market competition awareness urged One of industrial minerals’ key consuming markets, refractories, is expected to undergo a period of slow growth for the next few years, meaning at least steady, if [...]
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IMFORMED announces H1 2016 conferences Recycling | Logistics | Magnesia | Oilfield IMFORMED is delighted to announce confirmed dates and venues for the first half of 2016. In response to this year’s success of our [...]
Refractory graphite supply under spotlight as battery market evolves
Graphite users are closely monitoring the emergence of the new generation battery market as its market share grows. The evolution of Li-ion batteries and their growing application in electric vehicles, utility storage facilities, and consumer-led [...]
Ceramic proppant producers unite for Indian shale gas market
LWP/Ashapura fly ash proppants JV: a future supply for the Middle East? Described as a “quantum leap” for LWP Technologies Ltd, the Australian ceramic proppant developer has just announced a joint venture with Indian ceramic proppant [...]
Foundry Minerals Forum casts weather eye over mineral supply & demand
Precursor to GIFA/METEC sets scene for foundry market week Chromite | Bentonite | Carbon | Andalusite | Cenospheres | Zircon | Dunite | Silica sand | Mullite | Bauxite Main picture: Pasek Minerales’ dunite [...]
Oilfield Minerals Forum goes down a storm in Houston
IMFORMED conference abuzz with discussion and networking Barytes | Barite | Bentonite | Hectorite | Garnet | Frac sand | Ceramic proppants | Shipping | Grinding | Drying | Handling | India | China | [...]
Gear up for GIFA: Foundry Minerals & Markets Forum 2015
Atlantic Congress Hotel, Essen, Monday 15 June 2015 Chromite | Zircon | Graphite | Andalusite | Mullite | Bentonite | Silica sand | Dunite | Cenospheres IMFORMED’s 1-day conference for the foundry mineral business is of [...]
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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
