Metal Mining

 

 

Industrial Minerals

Construction Materials

National Statistics


Asbestos Barytes Bentonite Clays
Diatomite Feldspar Fluorspar Gypsum
Kaolin Lime Magnesite Perlite
Potash Refractory Clays Salt Silica Sand
Slate Soda Ash Sulphur Talc


Refractory Clays

All industrial processes involving high-temperature treatment generally consume refractory products, with the main markets being (in decreasing order of consumed volume) the iron-and-steel, cement, glass and brick industries.



1995 EU production of sillimanite minerals
(Unit: t)

France
50.000
Spain
1.000
Sweden
6.000
Total
57.000

Source : European Commission D6 III : European Minerals Yearbook. Second edition 1996-7. Luxembourg 1998.