Industrial Minerals
Minerals from India,
delivered to American plants.
Talc, clays, mica, wollastonite, feldspar, carbonates, silica and barytes — quoted in dollars, delivered to your door, with a mill test certificate on every lot. By the bag, the pallet or the container.
What we supply
Thirteen minerals, graded for the job rather than sold by the tonne.
Talc
Soft, platy magnesium silicate. The workhorse extender in paint, plastics, paper and rubber.
China Clay (Kaolin)
Fine white aluminium silicate. Brightness and coverage in paper, paint and ceramics.
Ball Clay
Highly plastic sedimentary clay. Green strength and workability in ceramic bodies.
Bentonite
Swelling montmorillonite clay. Binding, sealing and viscosity in foundry and drilling.
Mica Powder
Wet- and dry-ground muscovite. Crack resistance, barrier and sheen in coatings.
Mica Flakes
Graded muscovite flake. Insulation, drilling loss control and decorative effect.
Wollastonite
Acicular calcium metasilicate. Reinforcement without asbestos, in plastics and ceramics.
Feldspar
Potash and soda grades. The flux in glass, sanitaryware and ceramic bodies.
Dolomite
Calcium magnesium carbonate. Flux, filler and magnesia source for glass and steel.
Calcite / Ground Calcium Carbonate
High-brightness GCC. The cheapest way to add volume without losing whiteness.
Silica Sand
Washed and graded quartz sand. Glass, foundry moulding and filtration.
Quartz Powder
Micronised high-purity quartz. Hardness and chemical resistance in engineered surfaces.
Barytes (Barite)
High specific gravity barium sulphate. Drilling mud weighting and sound-deadening fillers.
Why buy from a US supplier
Stock held in the United States
Material sits on this side of the ocean, so a trial order does not wait eight weeks for a vessel. Container quantities ship direct when that is cheaper for you.
Priced in dollars, delivered
You get a landed price to your ZIP code — not an FOB India number you have to convert, insure and clear yourself.
A certificate on every lot
Mill test certificate, certificate of analysis, US-format safety data sheet. Asbestos testing where the mineral and the application call for it.
One contact, start to finish
The person who quotes you is the person who chases the shipment. Enquiries answered inside four business hours, in your time zone.
Where these minerals are used
Same minerals, different reasons. Start where you work.
Almost nothing on this site is sold as a finished product. Industrial minerals are the raw material behind something else — the talc that stiffens a car bumper, the kaolin that makes a magazine page white, the silica that becomes a bottle, the barytes that holds a drilling fluid down a well. Which grade is right is decided entirely by what it is going into.
That is why this site is organised twice over. Each of the ten industries below has its own page, written for the people who formulate in it: the problem that industry is solving, the minerals that solve it, the grades we would quote and the four questions we will ask before quoting them. Each of the thirteen minerals has its own page too, with the grade ladder and the typical analysis. Come at it from whichever end you already know.
Paint & Coatings
Extenders that hold opacity, control sheen and keep a formulation from settling in the can.
See gradesPlastics & Masterbatch
Fillers that add stiffness and heat resistance at a lower cost per kilo than resin.
See gradesPaper & Board
Fillers and coating pigments for brightness, opacity and a printable surface.
See gradesRubber
Semi-reinforcing fillers, dusting agents and cost control in moulded and extruded goods.
See gradesCeramics & Sanitaryware
Body and glaze raw materials, consistent lot to lot, so firing behaviour does not move.
See gradesAdhesives & Sealants
Rheology control and volume in sealants, mastics and construction adhesives.
See gradesDetergents & Soaps
Builders, fillers and mild abrasives for powders, bars and scouring products.
See gradesGlass
Batch materials with tight iron limits and a consistent grain distribution.
See gradesFoundry & Refractories
Moulding sand, binders and high-temperature materials for casting operations.
See gradesOil & Gas Drilling
Weighting agents, viscosifiers and lost-circulation material for drilling fluids.
See gradesHow an order works
- Send the spec and the tonnage. Your current data sheet is the most useful thing you can give us.
- We quote and ship a sample. Delivered price, lead time, and the material itself, free.
- You approve the sample. Run it against your own method, not ours.
- Scheduled deliveries. Call-off against a blanket order, or one-off, whichever suits your plant.
Packing and delivery
| Pack | Detail | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| 25 kg paper or PP bag | Palletised 40 bags per pallet, stretch-wrapped | Powders |
| 50 lb bag | US-standard weight where the plant prefers it | Powders |
| 1,000 kg / 1 MT jumbo bag | Four-loop FIBC with discharge spout | Powders, sand, granules |
| Bulk | Pneumatic tanker or loose in container, where volume justifies it | Sand, granules, lump |
Delivered by LTL, full truckload or container drayage from the port of entry. Private-label bags with your own artwork from one container. More on packing and logistics.
Tell us the grade and the tonnage.
A quote and a free sample, back within one business day.