Australasian Industrial Minerals works closely with and represents English
India Clays Limited, the leading miner and manufacturer of quality kaolin
clay products in Asia.
We're their exclusive agent and distributor within Australia and New Zealand.
EICL manufactures a large range of kaolin clay products from general purpose
fillers to technical engineered hydrous clay such as fine delaminated, high
brightness super glossing and premium calcined kaolins (including very high
brightness ultra fine and surface coated grades).
This page details the grades of kaolin we can supply, and typical applications
for each grade.
Calcined Kaolin Clays
Himafine
Ultra-fine, very high brightness clay derived from specially selected kaolin
and manufactured by multi stage refining and calcination process.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
93 - 95
<2µm w/w %
90.0
Himacot
Fine, high brightness clay derived from specially selected kaolin and
manufactured by multi stage refining and calcination process
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
91 - 92
<2µm w/w %
75.0
Himafil
Fine, high brightness clay derived from specially selected kaolin and
manufactured by multi stage refining and calcination process.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
89 - 90
<2µm w/w %
60.0
Amcot
Amino silane surface treated fine ,high brightness clay with surface modification
providing excellent dispersion, superior hydrophobic and chemical resistivity.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
91 - 92
<2µm w/w %
70.0
Viscot
Vinyl silane surface treated fine, high brightness clay with surface modification
providing superior hydrophobic properties.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
91 - 92
<2µm w/w %
70.0
Hydrous Kaolin Clays
Supercoat
Ultra-fine, high brightness, high glossing clay derived from specially selected
kaolin and manufactured by multi stage refining under very close quality
control.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
88 - 89
<2µm w/w %
100.0
Supershine 90
Ultra-fine, high brightness high glossing clay derived from specially selected
kaolin and manufactured by multi stage refining under very close quality
control.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
87 - 88
<2µm w/w %
100.0
Higloss
Ultra-fine, high brightness clay derived from specially selected kaolin and
manufactured by multi stage refining under very close quality control.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
87 - 88
<2µm w/w %
92.0
Hibrite
Ultra-fine, high brightness clay derived from specially selected kaolin and
manufactured by multi stage refining under very close quality control.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
86 - 87
<2µm w/w %
92.0
DCL90
Ultra-fine, high brightness engineered delaminated clay derived from specially
selected kaolin and manufactured by multi stage refining under very close
quality control.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
85 - 86
<2µm w/w %
90.0
DCL80
Fine, high brightness engineered delaminated clay derived from specially
selected kaolin and manufactured by multi stage refining under very close
quality control.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
85 - 86
<2µm w/w %
80.0
BCK
Fine, high brightness clay derived from specially selected kaolin and
manufactured by multi stage refining under very close quality control.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
85 - 86
<2µm w/w %
81.0
KCG
Fine, high brightness clay derived from specially selected kaolin and
manufactured by multi stage refining under very close quality control.
Typical analysis:
Brightness (ISO)
83 - 84
<2µm w/w %
75.0
Industry
Application
Product
Paper
Coatings
Supercoat
Higloss
DCL90
DCL80
BCK
Himafine
Filler, Newsprint
Himafine
Filler, Paper, Board
BCK
KCG
Surface Coatings
Paints
Supershine - 90
Hibrite
BCK
KCG
Himacot
Himafil
Adhesives
BCK
KCG
Printing Inks
Hibrite
BCK
Filler/Extender
Plastics
Amcot
BCK
Rubber
Amcot
Viscot
BCK
Polymers
Amcot
BCK
Carriers
Insecticide
BCK
Chemicals
BCK
Ceramic
Glaze
KCG
Engobe
KCG
Photo: English India Clays Limited's kaolin mine produces high quality
kaolin in volume. The mine is capable of supply large quantities of
processed kaolin with a reasonably short turnaround time.
Photo: EICL's modern processing plant is located on the mine
and refines the kaolin into a wide number of grades to meet the needs of
specific industries.