February 2023
At In-cos Global in Barcelona, Omya highlighted its waterless, ecological, and eco-friendly solutions. Mineral components for skin and oral care products as well as natural colours for ornamental formulations will be added by the company to the portfolio that will be on display.
It can be difficult technically to create a water-free or even water-reduced personal and dental care product. The Omya R&D team has created mineral-based anhydrous formulations, including the hydroxyapatite and calcium carbonate particles found in Omyaskin and Omyadent.
The natural ingredient solution Cosmospheres, which concentrates active ingredients and guarantees their release during application, will also be on display. According to Omya, the cellulose beads are appropriate for many formulations of personal care products and may help keep liquid or powdered active ingredients contained in goods made with water.
The enlarged Cosmospheres keep their spherical shape for the duration of the product's shelf life; when applied, light friction causes the spheres to break and release their contents without leaving any residue.
October 2023
BioTech Medics Inc. has acquired considerable organic calcium carbonate assets and plans to start supplying the market with calcium as well as create a number of products to earn money.
This medical-grade asset has been determined by independent laboratory results to have a 99.8% purity (without metals), giving the business the chance to promote its goods to a global clientele. The Company will purchase processing equipment, working with its partners, over the next years to purify this calcium and create a wide range of calcium carbonate and calcium dioxide products that will be commercialized.
February 2024
While addressing the Lampese people during the event on Thursday, February 8, 2024, the Honourable Commissioner stated: "One of the measures for growth is via industry. Our objective is to recruit three global corporations to Akoko Edo in the near future. Two of these three have already arrived. During the latter week of January, the state government established an international mineral processing and analysis facility in Danbala. It will be finished during the following 90 days.
The development of 500 employment opportunities, which will provide a lifeline to the local labor and catalyze socioeconomic progress in the area, is the most significant of the investment's many advantages. Aside from its immediate job creation, the facility has the potential to revitalize auxiliary industries, encourage entrepreneurship, and build an innovative and skill-development culture.
This innovative enterprise is inextricably linked to Edo State's industrialization program, demonstrating the government's unwavering commitment to creating a welcoming business climate and promoting long-term economic prosperity.
April 2021: Minerals Technologies Inc. signed an agreement with Zhumadianshi Baiyun Paper Co., Ltd (“Baiyun Paper”) to construct a 50,000 metric ton per year satellite PCC plant at its paper mill Henan Province, China. The plant will be fully owned by MTI. The new facility is slated to begin operations in the first half of 2022.
April 2021: Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), through its subsidiary, J.M. Huber Micropowders Inc., acquired the Nutri Granulations business assets of IMCD US, LLC in La Mirada, California. Nutri Granulations manufactures granular calcium carbonate and blends comprising granulated calcium carbonate and vitamins used in the production of dietary supplements and food.
February 2024 : The Honourable Commissioner for Mining and Energy, Hon. Ojiefoh Enaholo, and his esteemed team attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a 200,000MT coated calcium carbonate plant in Lampese, Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, ushering in a new era of industrialization.
The event, organized in partnership with the Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO) and presided over by the renowned Hon. Tajudeen Alade Suleiman, chairman of Akoko Edo Local Government Area, represented a major stride forward in the region's economic development landscape.
Key Companies in the Calcium Carbonate market include
- OMYA AG (Switzerland)
- Imerys Performance Minerals (France)
- Minerals Technologies Inc. (US)
- Huber Engineered Materials (US)
- Yuncheng Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd (China)
- Zhejiang Jiande Longhua Plastic Chemical Co. Ltd (China)
- Maruo Calcium Co., Ltd. (Japan)
- GLC Minerals Inc. (US),
- Calchem Industries (India) Ltd
- Graymont Limited (Canada)
- Fujian Sanmu Nano Calcium Carbonate Co., Ltd (China)
- Mississippi Lime Company (US)
- Globus Medical (US)