The next largest producers are Huber Engineered Materials and Imerys. The transfer from acid to alkaline paper-making is now largely complete in North America and Western Europe, and the potential for substitution of kaolin by calcium carbonate in filling applications will largely be confined to Asia and Latin America. PCC demand will be affected by the rate at which acid tolerant and coating grades can be commercialised and then compete successfully with other minerals. This report is the result of an extensive programme of research by Roskill analysts. They have interviewed major industry players and conducted a close appraisal of information from a wide variety of sources, including governments, trade associations, company reports, leading producers, official organisations, trade journals and technical literature.
Information gathering is only the first step in preparing a report.
It discusses the principal factors which will determine future demand, such as the potential for future replacement of minerals such as kaolin with PCC, competition between GCC and PCC, and the growth rates of the end use markets. This section examines the world consumption of PCC in 2000, including figures illustrating demand by end-use and by main region. The use of PCC in cosmetics Production of cosmetics Other applications 8. A summary of developments in international trade of PCC 9. The Economics of Precipitated Calcium Carbonate, 4th edition, published April 2000.