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Industrial minerals evergreen fountain of knowledge keeps on rockin’!
Representing some 90 years of experience Can you spot who’s who in a recent reunion of Industrial Minerals magazine “Old Guard” in a London watering hole? Brian Coope 1970-1983 (1977-1983 Editor) Gerry Clarke 1978-1989 (1983-1987 [...]
ANNOUNCING FORUMS FOR 2026: Mineral Recycling | MagForum
SAVE THE DATES | CALL FOR PAPERS | SPONSOR/EXHIBIT OPTIONS IMFORMED is delighted to announce its first two conferences for 2026 (please click on logos for full details): The latest trends and developments in recycling [...]
ICR 2025 Early Bird Extension | Programme Online
Preparations are in full swing for the 67th International Colloquium on Refractories (ICR) taking place at the Eurogress, Aachen on 17 and 18 September 2025. As Media Partner, IMFORMED is delighted to share the latest news [...]
UNITECR 2025: Last chance Early Bird | Keynote Speaker announced
As one of the Media Partners for UNITECR 2025, (the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories), the foremost biennial event for the global refractories industry, IMFORMED is delighted to share the latest updates from the [...]
Salt supply & demand: insights & new developments
Salt Forum 2024 Review: Global supply | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Kazakhstan | EU | Solar salt | Chlor-alkali | Sodium-ion Batteries | Processing IMFORMED’s Salt Forum 2024 in Abu Dhabi November 2024 was a [...]
Industrial minerals trade and the “T” word
US Tariffs: minerals & markets in the line of fire Introduction to Mining Engineering IM Annual Review July 2025 by Mike O’Driscoll* There is no doubt, if any existed, that the commercial minerals world has [...]
Fluorspar supply & demand trends: is there a shortage?
Seen & Heard in Ulaanbaatar: Review of Fluorine Forum 2024 In what must rank as one of IMFORMED’s most ambitious conference venues to date, we were delighted to hold Fluorine Forum 2024 at the Shangri-La [...]
MagForum 2025 milestone in Brazil
Last week’s magnesia carnival - MagForum 2025 - in Praia do Forte, near Salvador, Bahia was a resounding success! In its 10th Anniversary year, IMFORMED staged its MagForum flagship conference outside Europe for the first [...]
Illuminating sustainability in refractories: RHI Magnesita walks the talk
Boosting CO2 reductions, recycling rates & game changing CCU plants: Constantin Beelitz, President Europe, CIS & Turkey, RHI Magnesita, talked with Mike O’Driscoll, IMFORMED on the company’s accelerating journey in sustainability within one of the [...]
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