Last week saw the great and the good of the ceramics and refractories world descend on the Bavarian capital of Munich for ceramitec 2026. Raw materials for ceramic and refractory manufacturing were well represented by [...]

Thursday 12 March 2026 was the inaugural "International Day of Ceramics", a global initiative launched by the International Ceramic Federation and the Japan Fine Ceramics Association, and supported by The American Ceramic Society. And what [...]

Critical Mineral Status | Supply | New Sources | Decarbonisation | Refractories | Chemicals | Hydrometallurgy | Agrimarkets One of the most important suites of industrial minerals are those containing magnesia (magnesium oxide), derived from [...]

The refractories industry is facing some challenging headwinds, especially in Europe, but certain factors, plus bright spots expected from steel market performance in India, the Middle East and eventually the USA, should contribute to an [...]

Industrial minerals recycling has never been more important in today’s and tomorrow’s markets. With consumer overreliance on limited mineral sources, vulnerable supply chains, and the prevailing climate of tariff implementation and ongoing threats of more [...]

RECYCLING | MAGNESIA | FLUORINE | SALT As IMFORMED enters its twelfth year of business (Already?!? What happened?!?), Mike and Maria would like to thank all our customers, sponsors, supporters, friends, and families for their [...]

IMFORMED’s Salt Forum 2025 took place in the Abu Dhabi InterContinental last week attracting 100 attendees from 34 countries, active in all stages of salt supply and demand. A wide range of key topics were [...]

Fluorine Forum 2025 took place 3 weeks ago at Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy. What an event! Whether learning about increased Chinese fluorspar capacity, FSA developments in Morocco and Italy, latest LiPF6 and semiconductor market trends [...]

IMFORMED has just spent the week at the superb UNITECR 2025 in Cancun, where the global refractories community met for four days of networking, exhibits, and presentations. A wide range of refractory industry topics were [...]