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Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global calcium carbonate market report. This research report also lists six other prominent vendors that are expected to impact the market during the forecast period.

Competitive vendor landscape

Calcium carbonate, which comprise of GCC and PCC, are the highest value-added products in the limestone value chain. The production of GCC is widespread globally. China, the US, Europe, and Japan are the largest producers of GCC. The production of PCC is restricted to a few manufacturers that have manufacturing facilities across key consuming countries. These players cater to the demanding segments such as paper, paints and coatings, plastics and adhesives and sealants.

Globally, Omya, Imerys, Okutama Kogyo, Mineral Technologies, and Schaefer Kalk are notable PCC manufacturers. The global installed capacity of GCC and PCC is reported to be around 100 million MT. China accounts for around 50% of the total installed capacity, followed by the US at around 20%.

The global supply is restricted to a few companies that have operations at the regional and country level. “Being the highest value-added product, PCC is traded globally through these global suppliers. Satellite plants cater to paper mills, which is the largest end-user segment. While other segments such as paints and plastics are catered through national level manufacturers or by the global majors,” says Chandrakumar Badala Jaganathan, a lead analyst at Technavio for research on metals and minerals.

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Top five calcium carbonate market vendors

IMERYS

IMERYS was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Paris, France. It is a mineral-based specialty solution providing company. The company transforms materials to deliver specific functions such as coverage, conductivity, heat resistance, mechanical strength, and barrier effect for customers involved in the manufacturing process and products. It operates in 50 countries and has 250 industrial sites worldwide.

IMERYS produces a variety of ground carbonate powders that are used as drill-in fluids, lost circulation materials, and weighting agents. The company’s carbonate business comprises limestone calcium carbonates, highly soluble sized marble, and dolomite powders that are sourced from global locations.

Mineral Technologies

Minerals Technologies is a resource and technology-based company. The company offers a range of specialty minerals, synthetic mineral products, and related systems and services. The company caters to the steel, paper, foundry, energy, environmental, polymer, and consumer products industries.

In January 2014, Mineral Technologies entered into an agreement with UPM-Kymmene (UPM) to build a satellite PCC plant at UPM's paper mill in Changshu, Jiangsu province, China.

Omya

Omya was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Oftringen, Switzerland. It is one of the leading producers of industrial minerals, including fillers and pigments derived from calcium carbonate and dolomite. It caters to the forest products, polymers, building materials, and life science markets.

Omya is the largest supplier of mined calcium carbonate globally. Calcium carbonate is valued for its versatility in its finished and finely crushed form. It is used in the paper, plastic, and paint sectors. It is added to foods to enhance the mineral content, formed into ceiling tiles to substitute asbestos, and used as an eco-friendly filler in plastics and medicines.

Okutama Kogyo

Okutama Kogyo was incorporated in 1937 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company deals with mining, manufacturing, and marketing of limestone. It was formerly known as the Okutama Electric Railway.

The company offers limestone that is used as a raw material for ready-mixed concrete, cement, filler for asphalt concrete, and flue gas treatment. Quick lime is supplied to the steel, soil stabilization, and building materials sectors. Slaked lime is used for flue gas treatment and in the chemical industry. Crushed stone is used as a backfilling material for road construction and is also consumed as a nursery material for seeding.

Schaefer Kalk

Schaefer Kalk was founded as Johann Schaefer Kalkwerke in 1860 and is headquartered in Hahnstatten, Germany. It produces lime and quicklime products, PCC, and premixed dry factory mortar. The company owns a limestone deposit that consists of 350 million years old compact limestone, which is one of the purest limestone deposits in Europe.

The company mines limestone and processes it into a variety of products that are supplied to the construction and industrial sectors globally. The chemically pure limestone reserves in Hahnstätten has been the basis for a variety of high-quality limestone products.

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BASF has closed the previously announced transaction to divest its global paper hydrous kaolin (PHK) business to Imerys, a producer of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, based in Paris, France. Under a tolling agreement of limited duration, BASF will continue to manufacture and supply PHK products to Imerys to enable a smooth transition for customers. Included in the transaction is a kaolin milling facility in Wilkinson County, Georgia referred to as the “Gibraltar mill”.

BASF will continue to own and operate its other assets in Georgia, USA including kaolin reserves, mining and production facilities as well as a slurry facility in Ghent, Belgium.

“We have taken action to make our business fit for the future,” said Dr. Shane Porzio, Vice President, Global Business Management Kaolin. BASF is committed to providing customers with the highest quality kaolin products, solutions and service.

About BASF
At BASF, we create chemistry – and have been doing so for 150 years. Our portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. As the world’s leading chemical company, we combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF had sales of over €74 billion in 2014 and around 113,000 employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at  www.basf.com.

BASF has signed a contract to sell its global paper hydrous kaolin (PHK) business to Imerys, a leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, based in Paris, France. In September 2014, BASF announced its plan to evaluate strategic options for its PHK business.

• BASF to focus on kaolin for industrial applications
• Transaction includes a production site in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States
• BASF will toll for Imerys during a short transition period post-closing to ensure continued supply for customers

The divestiture is subject to approval by the relevant merger control authorities. Closing of the transaction is expected to take place during the third quarter of 2015. The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial details of the transaction.

Imerys will purchase the global PHK business including a production site for milling in Wilkinson County, Georgia. Overall, 190 positions will be affected globally. BASF will work with affected employees to help locate other employment opportunities within the company or to provide the appropriate transition support.

In step with BASF’s strategy to actively manage its portfolio, this divestiture allows the kaolin business to focus on its leading position in the industrial segments. In addition, BASF will continue producing kaolin for process catalysts.

 “We are taking an important step to improve the competitiveness of our kaolin business and further sharpen our focus on growth and core businesses,” said Dr. Shane Porzio, Vice President, Global Business Management of Kaolin for BASF. “We will work closely with Imerys to ensure a smooth transition for customers.”

BASF will toll for Imerys and provide other services during a short transition period to ensure continuity of supply for customers.

About BASF
At BASF, we create chemistry – and have been doing so for 150 years. Our portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. As the world’s leading chemical company, we combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF had sales of about €74 billion in 2014 and over 113,000 employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at  www.basf.com.

Imerys Ceramics North America announced today that it will increase prices up to 15% on all of its ball clay and kaolin products manufactured in the United States, effective January 1, 2015, subject to any provisions in individual contracts. The price increase supports investment in manufacturing, quality systems, maintenance, environmental compliance, and new product development.

Customers purchasing products on a delivery basis will also see a cost increase due to highly volatile and increasing truck and rail freight rates. Imerys continues to work with its freight partners to minimize this impact as much as possible.

Imerys Ceramics is a world leading supplier of industrial mineral solutions and full prepared bodies for all ceramic applications. Our portfolio includes: ball clay, kaolin, talc, feldspar, quartz, chamotte, halloysite, mica, and pegmatite. Imerys Ceramics has 50 production sites in 23 countries, supported by a global network of technical sales staff, agents and distributors.

About Imerys

The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with €3.7 billion revenue and 15,800 employees in 2013, Imerys transforms a unique range of minerals to deliver essential functions (heat resistance, mechanical strength, conductivity, coverage, barrier effect, etc.) that are essential to its customers' products and manufacturing processes.

Whether mineral components, functional additives, process enablers or finished products, Imerys’ solutions contribute to the quality of a great number of applications in consumer goods, industrial equipment or construction. Combining expertise, creativity and attentiveness to customers’ needs, the Group’s international teams constantly identify new applications and develop high value-added solutions under a determined approach to responsible development. These strengths enable Imerys to develop through a sound, profitable business model.

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Honors for Imerys scientist

Phil Jones, Director, New Ventures & Disruptive Technologies for Imerys, has been named recipient of TAPPI’s 2012 Herman Joachim Distinguished Service Award.

The Award is the highest honor the Association can bestow upon an individual for exemplary leadership that has significantly contributed to the advancement of the Association. It will be presented at the PaperCon 2012 Conference Awards Dinner, in New Orleans, April 24, 2012.

“Phil Jones has served TAPPI in a range of leadership roles in many areas over his long distinguished career. He’s served with unusual distinction and integrity and I am pleased to be able to honor his service with this prestigious award,” according to Larry N. Montague, president and CEO of TAPPI. “He’s a leader by example who inspires all of us with his hard work, integrity and dedication to service.”

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Imerys announces the signing of an agreement with the Brazilian group Vale to acquire its 86.2% stake in the Brazilian company Pará Pigmentos S.A. (PPSA), as well as mining rights in Pará State for a total price of approximately USD 70 million.

Through this operation, Imerys is enhancing its Brazilian resources with a kaolin for paper deposit, a conversion unit and logistic capacities – a pipeline and harbor terminal – located near its Rio Capim Caulim Pigments for Paper industrial activities. This operation will enable the business group to secure its supply of white pigment for global paper and packaging markets and to control its long-term mining costs more effectively.

The acquisition, financed by available resources, was settled on July 26, 2010. It will be consolidated in the Group’s accounts as from August 1, 2010.

John C. Husband, Ph.D., has been designated as one of nine TAPPI Fellows for 2010. He currently serves as Lead Scientist for IMERYS Minerals Ltd., Cornwall, UK. Fellow is an honorary title bestowed upon less than one percent of TAPPI’s membership. It is given to individuals who have made extraordinary technical or service contributions to the industry and/or the Association.

“Dr. Husband has been a prolific presenter at conferences in the United States and Europe, specializing in coatings,” said Larry N. Montague, President and CEO of TAPPI. “His knowledge has been instrumental in supporting the work of other scientists in the pulp and paper industry, both in North America and Europe.”
A native of Cornwall, he studied chemistry at Cornwall Technical College and later, Plymouth Polytechnic. He earned both his master of science and his Ph.D. in Paper Science from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, now known as the University of Manchester.

His professional career began in 1969 when he joined the Chemistry Research Department of English China Clays. Initially focused on projects involving clay chemistry and rheology, he then worked on the development of paper fillers. In 1983, he began working on paper coating and in 2000, he transferred to the IMERYS Worldwide Paper Group. He now holds the title of Lead Scientist for the company’s Paper Research Group.

He has been granted eight patents and is extensively published in professional journals. On the basis of his research experience, he is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He and colleague Janet Preston, Ph.D., have also been awarded the Silver Medal from the Institute of Printing for an article written about their work.

Dr. Husband is an active member of TAPPI, serving as a member of the Coating Fundamentals Common Interest Group (CIG) and the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for the Coating & Graphic Arts (C&GA) Division Coating Conference. He is also a member of PITA, the UK paper technical association. He lives in St. Austell, Cornwall, UK.

Dr. Husband and the other new TAPPI Fellows were honored at the TAPPI Fellows Luncheon, Sunday, May 2, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Ga., USA, in conjunction with the 2010 PaperCon meeting