CARBONATE MARKET ANALYSIS

Market News

Key Developments:

• 01 Feb 2018, Imerys acquired the consolidated calcium carbonates business of Vimal Microns and Vee Microns. The new entity operates under the name of Imerys Carbonates India Limited.
• 24 July 2018, Minerals Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with Shouguang Meilun Paper Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd This agreement will help build a 150,000 metric ton per year satellite precipitated calcium carbonate plant at its paper mill in Shouguang, Shandong Province, China.
• 14 Dec, 2015, a subsidiary of J.M. Huber Corporation, Huber Carbonates, LLC, announce to increase capacity at its ground calcium carbonate (GCC) operation in Marble Hill, Georgia. This is targeted for completion in 2016