Resumen de GCC resources, production and markets of Asia

Industrial Minerals

• (JV) with major paper company Ballapur Industries (BILT), with a GCC slurry plant near to the paper mill in Bhigwan. Imerys GCC products are Carbital-60 and 70, used for pre-coat formulations. Carbital-90, 95 and 97 are fine grain GCC used for topcoat formulations and Carbilux is a very fine-grain GCC (99% <2[mu]m) for topcoat applications and helps to maintain gloss and smoothness of the coated paper or board even at low Omya Malaysia Sdn Bhd has two plants in Ipoh at Simpang Pulai and Bercham, with a third plant in Keramat Pulai. Imerys Carbonates is the largest producer of GCC in Malaysia, with mines and a plant at Pulai, Ipoh, producing a wide range of dry GCC uncoated and surface treated products, mainly for plastic, sealants, paper and latex. Additionally, wet processing produces a fine particle size product for latex.

  Taiwan produces around 1.21m tonnes GCC, with 17% for paper, 75% for plastics, sealants and rubber, 4% for paint and 4% for other uses. The largest GCC producer in Taiwan is Formosa Plastic at Tangshan and I-Lan, with its main sources of marble coming from the RSEA and Yu Cheng quarries in the Hoping area. The main companies supplying paper slurry to the paper industry are Omya Taiwan, located in Su Ao, and Imerys Taiwan, with a plant in Kaohsiung.