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Ceramic & Tiles
Talc is added to ceramic bodies to improve thermal shock resistance and to help the body fire evenly. Tile plants need the same whiteness and the same grit every single batch — a change mid-run means a re-tuned line and rejected tiles.
- Body preparation and glaze
- Wall and floor tile plants
- Sanitaryware bodies
- Consistent whiteness batch to batch
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Paper & Pulp
Paper mills use talc as a filler and in coating, where it improves smoothness and printability and helps control pitch. Brightness is what decides the grade, which is why we sort paper grades separately at the mine.
- Filler for writing and printing paper
- Coating grades
- Pitch control
- Sorted for brightness
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Paint & Coatings
As an extender and matting agent, talc controls sheen, improves suspension and reduces cost without hurting the film. Low grit matters here — a coarse particle shows up as a defect on a finished surface.
- Extender pigment
- Matting and sheen control
- Anti-settling in the can
- Low grit, low abrasion
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Plastic & Rubber
Talc works as a reinforcing filler that improves stiffness and heat resistance in polypropylene compounds, and reduces tack in rubber processing.
- Polypropylene compounding
- Automotive plastic parts
- Rubber dusting and processing
- Improved stiffness and HDT
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Cosmetics & Personal Care
The finest, whitest lots go to cosmetic-grade use, where softness and freedom from grit are everything. We select these lots by hand from the best part of the seam.
- Talcum and body powder
- Compact and pressed powder
- Softness and slip
- Hand-selected white lots
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Agriculture & Others
Talc is also used as a carrier and free-flow agent in fertiliser and pesticide blends, and in a range of other industrial applications.
- Carrier and diluent
- Free-flow / anti-caking agent
- Detergent and soap fillers
- Other industrial uses