Essential Minerals
At play: silica sand is used to create and maintain natural and artificial playing surfaces, from recreational parks through to some of the world’s top sporting venues.
Products
Our multi-mineral portfolio is used in an extensive range of applications - the table below provides a summary. For information on any of our products please complete the enquiry form below.
Main minerals and applications:
| Mineral Group | Products | Applications | Plant Locations |
| Silica | Wet sands, dry sand, cristobalite, silica flour, frac sand, filtration sand, high purity quartz, spherical silica, coated sands | Glass, ceramics, foundry, paint and polymers, water filtration, sports and leisure, electronics, oil & gas | Europe North America South America Australia Asia |
| Clays | Ball clay, red clay, kaolin, prepared bodies, diatomite | Tiles, sanitary ware, tableware, construction, refractories, fiberglass, glasswool, foundry, civil engineering | Europe North America South America Australia Asia |
| Feldspathic Minerals | Feldspar (lumps, chips, sand, flour), nepheline syenite (sand, flour) | Glass, ceramics, paints and polymers | Europe North America South America Australia Asia |
| Olivine | Olivine sand, olivine flour | Slag conditioner (steel), foundry, refractories, abrasives | Europe North America |
| Lime | Quicklime, hydrated lime | Steel, environmental (flue gas desulphurization, water purification), construction, agriculture, fillers, pulp and paper | North America South America Australia |
| Calcium Carbonate | Calcium carbonate (ground, precipitated), calcite, marl, dolomite | Glass, paints, plastics, toothpaste, paper, agriculture | Europe North America South America |
| Mineral Sands | Titanium minerals in the form of rutile, ilmenite and zircon | Titanium minerals used in paint, pigments protective coatings, titanium metal and welding electrodes, and zircon used in ceramics, refractories and wear-resistant product | Australia |
| Other Specialty Minerals | Barite, colemanite, wollastonite, manganese, bauxite, chrome, hydromagnesite, bentonite, zeolites, talc, iron oxides and lithium minerals | Applications in both low and high technology markets including agriculture, construction, flame retardants, polymers, frits and glazes, carpet backing and casting powders | Europe |