Industrial Minerals


KaMin closes Georgia kaolin pipeline after spill

04 January 2012

by John Ollett

Mineral slurry leaked into local creek; no impact on kaolin production expected

Keywords: KaMin, kaolin, clay, Wrens

US kaolin producer KaMin LLC has been forced to close one of its pipelines in Georgia after it ruptured and spilled 187,000 gallons (708,000 litres) of the clay mineral into a local creek.

The pipeline transports...