Australasian Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd
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4 May 2024
Kaolin
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.

Product Summaries
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

 
Product Applications
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

Kaolin mine
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.
Kaolin mine
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.