Industrial Minerals


KaMin rockets to world number two with CADAM purchase

08 May 2012

by John Ollett

US kaolin producer agrees purchase of Vale subsidiary for $30.1m

Keywords: kaolin, KaMin, CADAM, Vale, Brazil, Georgia, US

US kaolin producer KaMin LLC has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Brazilian producer CADAM SA, subsidiary of Vale, for $30.1m.

CADAM operates an open-pit mine in Amapá, Brazil, as well as a beneficiation plant and a private port.

“This places KaMin firmly as the second largest supplier of kaolin in...