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RCF INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL USES
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INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
1. Ball Clay
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Industries
- Adhesives
- Bitumen roofing
- Building Materials
- Ceramics sanitaryware
- Coatings and compounds
- Heat insulating products
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| 2. Bentonite |
- Absorbents
- Ceramics sanitaryware
- Ceramics table whiteware
- Chemicals and fertilisers
- Drilling muds
- Filtering media
- Foundries/Mouldings
- Glass/glassware/enamels
- Paints
- Refining of oils and fats
- Refractory bricks and mortars
- Welding electrodes
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| 3. Diotomites |
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| 4. Snow White Dolomite |
- Aggregates
- Lime
- Scouring and polishing media
- Soil conditioner
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| 5. Feldspars |
- Ceramics sanitaryware
- Ceramics table whiteware
- Glass/glassware/enamels
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| 6. Fluorspar |
- Glass/glassware/enamels
- Metallurgy (runners groutings)
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| 7. Gypsum |
- Cement
- Plaster
- Soil conditioner
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| 8. Kaolin |
- Abrasives
- Ceramics sanitaryware
- Ceramics table whiteware
- Chemicals and fertilisers
- Cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
- Filtering media
- Glass/glassware/enamels
- Paints
- Paper
- Plastics
- Refractory bricks and mortars
- Rubber
- Scouring and polishing media
- Soil conditioner
- Surface treatment
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| 9. Limestone |
- Aggregate (construction)
- Cement
- Lime
- Soil conditioner
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| 10 Lithium |
- Ceramics sanitaryware
- Ceramics table whiteware
- Glass/glassware/enamels
- Metallurgy (runners groutings)
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| 11. Magnesite |
- Refractory bricks and mortars
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| 12. Mica |
- Paints
- Plastics
- Rubber
- Electrical insulation
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| 13. Quartz |
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| 14. Refractory Clays |
- Building materials
- Ceramics sanitaryware
- Ceramics table whiteware
- Refractory bricks and mortar
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| 15. Talc |
- Cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
- Paints
- Paper
- Plastics
- Processing of minerals
- Rubber
- Soaps and detergents
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| 16. Vermiculite |
- Aggregates (light weight)
- Soil conditioner
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| 17. Kyanite/Sillimanite/Andalusite |
- Refractory bricks and mortar
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| 18. Industrial Diamonds |
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| 19. Phosphates |
- Chemicals and fertilisers
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| 20. Wollastonite |
- Ceramics sanitaryware
- Ceramics table whiteware
- Coatings and compounds
- Paints
- Plastics
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