Unimin
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Unimin Corporation is the American subsidiary of Sibelco
and the United States' leading producer of silica sand. Unimin specializes in industrial minerals.
The company's products include ball clay, barium sulfate, bentonite clay, calcium carbonate, dolomite, feldspar, high-purity quartz, kaolin, magnetite, microcrystalline silica, nepheline syenite, olivine, silica sand, and talc. Unimin sells its products to customers in a broad range of industries, including producers of ceramics, fiberglass, fiber-optics, glass, oil and gas, paint and coatings, quartz lighting, and semiconductors. It operates from facilities in the Americas and Australia. The company was founded by William J. Woods, Jr. in 1970.
Sibelco
Sibelco has over 245 production units worldwide and is the disputed market leader in the extraction, production and distribution of the main industrial minerals: quartz, cristobalite, nepheline syenite, plastic clay and olivine...
and the United States' leading producer of silica sand. Unimin specializes in industrial minerals.
The company's products include ball clay, barium sulfate, bentonite clay, calcium carbonate, dolomite, feldspar, high-purity quartz, kaolin, magnetite, microcrystalline silica, nepheline syenite, olivine, silica sand, and talc. Unimin sells its products to customers in a broad range of industries, including producers of ceramics, fiberglass, fiber-optics, glass, oil and gas, paint and coatings, quartz lighting, and semiconductors. It operates from facilities in the Americas and Australia. The company was founded by William J. Woods, Jr. in 1970.