Industrial Minerals


South African institute develops reclaimed PCC process

02 February 2012

by Jessica Roberts

Waste treatment process yields high purity precipitated calcium carbonate

Keywords: PCC, precipitated calcium, carbonate, PCC,

Researchers at South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed a new process to reclaim high quality precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) from calcium-rich industrial solid waste, recently filing a patent application.

 

A number of industries, including...