The EUROFEL Member Companies are:


AMBERGER KAOLINWERKE EDUARD KICK GmbH & Co. KG (AKW)   website: http://www.akw-kick.com
AKW is an internationally active group of companies specialised in the extraction, processing and refining of the industrial minerals kaolin, feldspar and quartz sand. AKW's main markets are the paper, ceramics, glass and building industries. AKW's corporate culture is characterised by a professional work ethic embedded in an athmosphere of trust and openness.


ARCILLAS Y FELDESPATOS RIO PIRON S.A.

website: http://www.samca.com


DENAIN ANZIN MINERAUX (DAM)
website: http://www.dam-mineraux.fr
The activities of the DENAIN-ANZIN MINERAUX Group concern the extraction and processing of the following mineral raw materials: feldspar, but also kaolin, quartz, mica and Thiviers sandstone. Its products are mainly used in the ceramic and electro metallurgic industries, and as mineral fillers. DENAIN-ANZIN MINERAUX owns feldspar deposits in France, in Saint-Paul de Fenouillet-Salvezines in the West of Perpignan, in Montebras in the Creuse, in Etang sur Arroux near Autun, and also in Germany, in Türkismühle, Saar. The Group also works with local partners in Spain, Italy and Portugal. Its products' main characteristics are fusibility and whiteness, which explains their main applications in the tiling and glass industries. The Group sells more than 650 000 tonnes of feldspar each year in Europe. Geological competence, resources expertise, quality controls, and environmental care are guaranteeing a high-level selective production to the Group.

ECZACIBASI ESAN Endüstriyel Mineraller San ve Tic. AS

website: www.eczacibasiesan.com.tr

ECZACIBASI ESAN was founded in 1979. It has its headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey.
The company produces 1.000.000 tons per year of feldspar at its production site of Milas, 200.000 t/year of kaolin are produced at its Canakkale site, 45.000 t/year of ball clay and 60.000 t/year of industrial sand are produced in Bozüyük, and 2000 t/year of halloysite are produced in Balikesir. The main customer industries are the ceramic, glass and welding electrodes manufacturers.

FELMICA MINERAIS INDUSTRIAIS

website: http://www.felmica.pt

INDUSTRIA DEL CUARZO S.A. (INCUSA)
website: http://www.incusa.es
INDUSTRIA DEL CUARZO S.A. is a company of the SAINT GOBAIN Group is Spain. The company mines a deposit of feldspar sands in Carrascal del Rio (Segovia), with a reserve of more than 250 million tons. In its flotation plant, INCUSA produces 180 000 tons/year of dry and micronised potassic feldspar and 350 000 tons/year of siliceous and feldspar sand. Its main markets are the ceramics, glass, foundry, civil engineering and the building industry. In Carrascal del Rio, INCUSA has flotation, drying and milling installations.

MINALCA (Minas de Alcantara S.L.) website: http://www.dam-mineraux.fr

is a Spanish subsidiary of the DAM Group. The company, founded in 1998 and whose headquarters are based in Castellon, produces 60.000 tons of feldspar per year at its production site of Acehuche. Its main markets are the ceramics, glass and sanitaryware sectors.

NORTH CAPE MINERALS AB
website: http://www.ncm.no
North Cape Minerals operates a feldspar deposit at Forshammar, 200 km west of Stockholm, Sweden. The mining started in 1909. Benefication process is dry and final products are of varying particle sizes. The feldspar is known for its stable mineralogy, hence its consistent chemistry and white firing properties. Important applications are tableware, floor tiles, sanitaryware and glass. Forshammar feldspar is delivered in bags and bulk and shipped directly to customers or to different warehouses in Europe.


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