Market insights

According to International Trade Center’s Trade Map, in 2018, the global import value for kaolin coated paper and paperboard products was evaluated at 28,919,972.[1] Increasing paper product consumption has inadvertently incremented the supply and demand for kaolin clay globally. Kaolin is an essential industrial mineral paving its way through paper and pulp, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and mining industry. Metakaolin (anhydrous calcined kaolinite), a derivative of kaolin, is used in sustainable supplementary cementing material (SCM) for producing blended cements owing to less carbon dioxide emission and better yield. Kaolin is now widely adopted as a raw material in paints, rubber, cable insulation, and agricultural industries, hence, the market will show up a considerable growth in upcoming years. The global kaolin market was valued $5.8 billion in 2018 and this constantly increasing revenue and huge demand pull for kaolin products will boost the market growth with a CAGR of 8% durin...