 
   
 
|
|
Plasterboard Filler
Product Snapshot
|
|
Product description
|
|
A high brightness (reflectivity) (77/100 raw, >93/100 calcined) kaolin, with 50% of particles finer than 2 μm, low alkalis (K2O ~0.72%, Na2O ~0.10%), low iron content (~0.34% after magnetic separation, potentially lower with bacterial beneficiation), low titanium (~0.26%), high alumina (~35.1%), and a well ordered, crystalline structure.
|
|
|
|
Product uses
|
|
Used as a filler in the manufacture of various types of white plasterboard.
|
|
|
|
Annual market demand
|
|
Domestic: 12,000 tpa.
International: 1,500,000 tpa.
|
|
|
|
Current domestic sources
|
|
Unimin Australia, Gulgong.
|
|
|
|
Sale price, ex-bin
|
|
180.00 - 200.00 (AUD/t)
|
|
|
|
Sales tagets (tpa)
|
|
|
Year 1
3,450
|
|
Year 2
4,650
|
|
Year 3
5,800
|
|
Year 4
6,950
|
|
Year 5
9,250
|
|
Year 6
12,000
|
|
|
|
|
Market proportion
|
|
Domestic: 100.0% at full production.
International: Not considered for export.
|
|
|
|
|
