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Why Imerys likes biorich project Colin Bullen Australia General Manager & Asia Pacific Operations Manager
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- 2 - Who is Imerys? World leader in Industrial Minerals 245 industrial sites ~ 47 countries Asia Pacific Australia > Kaolin. Paper & Performance Minerals
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- 3 - IMERYS Pigments for Paper Operations Overview – IMERYS Global Kaolin Assets Georgia (U.S.A.): Diversity of particle size & shapeDiversity of particle size & shape Sedimentary kaolinSedimentary kaolin Moderate to low residue contentModerate to low residue content Moderate to low impurity contentModerate to low impurity content Cornwall (U.K.): Coarse & platey particlesCoarse & platey particles Primary kaolinPrimary kaolin Higher residueHigher residue Rio Capim (Brazil): Coarse & blocky particlesCoarse & blocky particles Paucity of ultra fine particlesPaucity of ultra fine particles Sedimentary kaolinSedimentary kaolin Moderate to low residue contentModerate to low residue content Very low impurity contentVery low impurity content IMERYS, the only producer present in the 3 kaolin for paper production zones
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- 4 - IMERYS Operations in Asia-Pacific 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Japan – Wet GCC Plants in Fuji, Miyagi & Niigata; PCC licences with NPI Group of paper mills (5 Plants) Australia – Kaolin mines & Plant (Ballarat - Victoria) China – Wet GCC Plants in Nanling (Anhui) & Changshu (Jiangsu), Dry GCC Plant in QingYang (Anhui) and PCC plant in Yueyang (Hunan under construction) Taiwan – Wet GCC Plant in Kaohsiung India – Wet GCC Plants in Bhigwan, Silvassa and Amritsar; PCC Plant in Bhadrachalam Indonesia – Wet GCC Plant & PCC Plant in Kerinci (Sumatra) – JV with APRIL Group Malaysia – Marble Mine, Crushing Plant, Dry GCC Plant & Wet GCC Plant in Ipoh (West Malaysia) – supplies marble chips to IMERYS’ Wet GCC Plants in Japan, Taiwan, India, Indonesia & Australia Vietnam – Marble Mine, Crushing Plant, Dry GCC Plant in Yen Bai – supplies marble chips to IMERYS’ Wet GCC Plants in Japan
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- 5 - Expansion in Asia Pacific to Meet Market Demand More than 1 million tonnes of carbonate capacity added Expansion into Vietnam, India and China markets High brightness marble reserves secured 199920012003200420052007 2009 China – Changshu GCC Indonesia – Kerinci (PCC) Malaysia Marble Expansion China – Nanling GCC Japan - Fuji, Miyagi GCC Indonesia – Kerinci (GCC) Australia – Pittong Kaolin Australia – Burnie GCC Malaysia – Ipoh PM China – Dalian Thailand - Lopburi China – Qingyang Crushing / Powder India – Bhigwan GCC Vietnam – Yen Bai Marble Japan – Niigata GCC China Dongshan Mining China Zhongshan Mining India Silvassa GCC India – Bhadrachalam PCC India – Khanna GCC China – Yueyang PCC 2010
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- 6 - Why is biorich important? Vision ~ Sustainable Development Mine sites……progressive rehabilitation Best practice…locally & globally Commitment to harmonious sustainable growth
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