Resumen de KaMin to buy Imerys' UPHK business
[A KaMin] said that Imerys had reviewed all the available strategic options for the UPHK operations and concluded that the deal offered the "best option for a smooth and efficient transition of the existing UPHK customers".
"Several key markets for kaolin are experiencing declining demand, including graphical paper, ceramic proppants and refractories," a spokesperson for BASF told IM in October. "The market for graphical paper continues to decline as e-media becomes ever more popular. Kaolin, whether used as a filler or as a coating pigment in graphical paper, accompanies this decline." "They are keeping their calcined clay division, but [Imerys] is very much in the driving seat here," [Ian Wilson] told IM. "For BASF though, this does signify a total move away from paper and this is a very significant development."
