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KPC-Europe – EUROFEL
Joint Annual Meeting
3 June 2015
Didier Jans Industrial Minerals Association (IMA-Europe)
Life Cycle of Industrial Minerals: an Industrial Perspective
IMA-Europe in a nutshell
24 EU Member States + Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine
500 companies: i.e. 685 mines & quarries, 750 plants
42,500 employees
180 million tpa
EUR 10 billion turnover
Non-energy / Non-metallic more: http://www.ima-europe.eu
Eurotalc talc
KPC
Clays
Kaolin
Eurosil Silica
Eula Lime
CCA
Calcium carbonate
Dolomite
EBA Borates
Eurofel
Feldspar
EUBA Bentonite
Eula
Lime
IDPA Diatomite
ESMA
Magnesite, Sepiolite
vermiculiteMica
IMA - Europe
Industrial minerals are vital to society, supplying everyday products.
Industrial minerals – our world is made of them!
Industrial minerals at the basis of manufacturing industry
PAINT: 50% of minerals
CERAMICS and GLASS:
up to 100% minerals
PAPER up to 50% minerals
GLASS: up to 100% minerals
CAR: up to 100-150 kg of minerals in
rubber, plastics, glass, casting
HOUSE: up to 150 tonnes of minerals
And many more …
Industrial minerals – our world is made of them! A Huge economic multiplying effect
Sector % IM Turnover Employ
IM
10 (billion)
40 (000)
Paper 50 75 185
Glass 100 20 105
Paint 50 17 120
Ceramics 100 30 200
…
Plastics, Gas and water treatments, adhesives, Fiberglass, Soil, chemistry, steel, foundry, filtration, food, detergents, energy, etc.
Life begins … when leaving the mineral plant …
From commodities to specialties
• Traditionally, only filler material / commodities • Evolution to material science with tight
specifications and requirements in close link with downstream industry innovation
• Chemical and physical characteristics are pivotal • Quality of ore-body and processing
Industrial minerals – our world is made of them! Is there anything circular in the economy ?
Industrial minerals – our world is made of them! Value chain: simple and complex cases
Industrial minerals – our world is made of them! Value chain: simple and complex cases
Life cycle of container glass
• No technical limitation cycles • Economic benefit • Culets require virgin material
Industrial minerals – our world is made of them! Value chain: simple and complex cases
Paper life cycle
Incineration
• Technical limitation cycles • Economic benefit
Industrial minerals – our world is made of them! Value chain: simple and complex cases
In many other cases closing the loop at each stage of the chain is technically or practically inadequate
Paint on a wall Talc in automotive plastics Lime in flue gas or sludge treatment Kaolin in ceramics Borates in special glasses Etc.
Downcycling from high value/high tech to less demanding applications
Industrial minerals – our world is made of them! A matter of technology and economy
Drivers and limits of prolonging the life of a mineral? • Scarcity / Price • Technical requirements • Societal expectations / requirements • Economic constraints • Energy
A Real World
• Each case is specific • IM bound to Energy / water / land efficiency • Sell the “whole pig” • Focus on mining products for high value applications • No one-fits-all recipe • Finding solutions to help reduce society’s global footprint • Seamless customers-suppliers chain • No regulatory imposed simplistic solution or obligation
IMA-Europe
For further information:
Dr Didier Jans Director General
IMA-Europe
www.ima-europe.eu