IM 2012 Round-ups: Talc

• Autores: Kasia Patel
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 544, 2013
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In November, Imerys attributed increased sales of 36.6% for the company's performance minerals in filtration business in part to a sharp increase in talc demand for 2012 as the mineral is increasingly used in the automotive industry.

    Mondo Minerals was acquired by private equity group Advent International Corp. from Hg Capital, at the end of 2011. Talc de Luzenac also changed hands in 2011, acquired by France-based Imerys from Rio Tinto for $340m and giving Imerys a total of around one-fifth of the world's talc production capacity.

    ML Minerals received planning permission in April 2012 for its talc and calcite project in Morocco, situated 80km west of the city of Ouarzazat. The deposit is proven 85m of talc and calcite, which divides roughly as 60% talc and 40% calcite.