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In this Refractories Special Edition of Interceram, we turned to industrial minerals and markets specialist Mike O'Driscoll of IMFORMED - Industrial Mineral Forums & Research, to sound him out on refractory materials matters - particularly as they apply to the European industry. We were interested to interview him to see what he had to say about critical minerals, the supply chain, potential changes in the future, and the role of recycling. Read his perspective below.
Mike O'Driscoll
Mike O'Driscoll is Director and co-founder (with Ismene Clarke) of IMFORMED - Industrial Mineral Forums & Research Ltd, focused on specific industrial minerals research and conferences. He has over 30 years' experience specializing in industrial minerals and markets. Mike joined London-based Industrial Minerals (IM) magazine in 1987, was posted to New York as Associate American Editor 1988-90, before becoming IM's longest serving Editor 1995-2012. He became Global Head of Research IM in 2012 before leaving in July 2014 to pursue a career as an independent expert in industrial minerals. In 2011 he received the Hal Williams Hardinge Award, from the SME, for services to the industry, in particular owing to his coverage of China.
