Industrial Minerals


Kaolin AD to keep prices stable amid market saturation

13 July 2011

by Jack Elliott

Bulgarian producer diversifies into animal feeds; increases small customer base

Keywords: Kaolin AD, kaolin, calcium carbonate, animal feeds, paper, fillers

Bulgaria’s Kaolin AD has no plans to increase its kaolin prices amid strong competition and market saturation in the industry, the company told IM.

The company has experienced strong growth in sales revenues in the last ten years, and plans to move forward by diversifying into specialty markets such as animal feeds.

“We believe that kaolin markets have reached  saturation and there is parity in demand and supply as much as we can judge from our experience in sectors and territories in which we work,” a Kaolin AD spokesperson told IM.

“Competition is strong enough and taking this into account we do...