IM Presentations
IM staff are frequently asked to write articles and present papers at a variety of industry related events. Here is a selection that may provide some useful insight to industrial minerals and certain markets.
Mike O’Driscoll, Editor
Life beyond ferrochrome? A review of chromite ore supply
International Chromium Development Association Annual Meeting, Paris, 12-13 November 1998
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Refractory raw materials – trends & developments in supply & demand
China’s Refractories Seminar 2001 - Technology & Markets, Beijing, 25-27 April 2001, The Chinese Society for Metals
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The best of both worlds: supply and demand. China’s role as a source of refractory minerals for global markets
The Fourth International Symposium on Refractories, Dalian, 24-28 March 2003, The Chinese Ceramic Society and The Chinese Society for Metals
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Trends and developments of refractory raw materials supply - focus on dead burned magnesite
Tehran International Conference on Refractories, Tehran, 4-6 May 2004, Iran University of Science & Technology, IMIDRO
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The economic importance of industrial minerals
IMA-Europe 10th Anniversary Conference, “Growing with Europe”, Brussels, 13 May 2004, Industrial Minerals Association-Europe
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European carbonate resources & markets
Geology & Markets for Value-Added Carbonate Minerals, SME Dreyer Conference, 8-11 October 2006, Atlanta
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The Turning of the Dragon: domestic demand priority
Future Trends in Industrial Minerals, SME Annual Meeting 2007, 25-28 February 2007, Denver
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Paul Moore
The changing face of the global refractories industry
Refractory Ceramics Division Fall Meeting with the Pittsburgh Section & The Refractories Institute, Pittsburgh, 16-18 October, 2002
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Offshore threats to the industrial minerals industry
IMA-NA Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, 26-29 April 2003
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