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World ground calcium carbonate (GCC) capacity has expanded significantly over the last decade, reaching an estimated 56.5Mtpy for all grades in 2004. Rising demand from the paper industry has been the main driver behind the rapid growth in GCC consumption since the early 1980s. Papermakers have switched to a neutral or alkaline processing environment, which has favoured the use of both GCC and precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) at the expense of kaolin. The proportion of the paper market accounted for by GCC has risen from under 1% in 1970 to 50% in 2004. The very steep increase in GCC production and consumption seen in the last decade in Western Europe is likely to slow, as it is already the major pigment used in the paper industry. In the USA there is still some room for replacement of kaolin by GCC, but this is restricted in some areas by a lack of good quality marble. The major growth area for the next five years will be in Asia, especially China, particularly in the form of satellite GCC plants at paper mills. Roskill forecasts that the world consumption of GCC will rise by an average of 3%pa and reach 67.6Mt by 2010. Paper will continue to be the largest market for GCC, accounting for an estimated 28Mt of consumption by 2010, while consumption in plastics will reach 12.2Mt.

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Companies Mentioned
20 Microns Limited
African Minerals Limited
Alpha Calcit
Alpha Micron srl
Alpha-Mineral FmbH, Graz
Ankerpoort NV
Arianne Resources Incorporated
Ben Bennett, Jr
Bihoku Funka Kogyo WGCC
Calcium Products Company Limited
Camuati San Luis SA
Cargas Minerales San Juan (PROPEL)
Ceras San Juan SA
Cerne Calcium Carbonate LLC
Chungang Chemical Industries
Cia Mineral Santa Maria SA
Clariancal SA (Omya)
Comital
Dae-A Moolson Company
Dankalk
David Mitchell Limited
Dolgu Maddeleri AS plant
Esen Mikronize Maden
Estens
Formosa Plastics Corporation
Fortune Minerals Limited
Franklin Industrial Minerals
Glacier Stone
Global Stone (Oglebay Norton Group)
Great Lakes Calcium Corporation
Grupo Ind. Avalos Rubio
H&S Whiting
Havelock Lime
Hodges Minerals (Export) Limited
Huber Engineered Materials
Hustadmarmor A.S
Idwala Minerals & Distribution Company
IMASCO Minerals Incorporated
Imerys
Inca Lime
Inmin
Itaoca Marble
Jordan Carbonate Company (JCC)
Jordan Minerals Establishment (JME)
JSC Balakovorezinotekhnika
JSC Geokom
JSC Melstrom
JSC Stoilensky GO
JSC Stroimaterialy
JSC Uraltalk
Kwang Sung Chemical Company
La Buena Esperanca, Los Berros, San Juan
Les Calcites du Nord
LLC Baikal'skye mineraly
LLC Microkaltsit
Longcliffe Quarries Limited
Lydford Mining Company
Malaysian Calcium Carbonate Corporation Sdn Bhd (Omya)
Mauro Calcium Company Limited
Microfill K. Zafranas SA
Microfine Hellas AME
Micron-Ita
Mikrosim, (JV Marmosim S.A, Simeria/Hungarian Group)
Minas Volcán
Minelco Specialties (Minelco UK Limited)
Mineração Bragao
Mineração Braminex
Mineração Nemer
Mineração Ouro Branco Limitada
Minerals i Derivats SA
Mineraria Sacilese SpA
Mineras Santo Angel
Molinas de Norte
Monserrat Limitada
Mühlendorfer Kredifabrik
Norkalsitt A.S. Hestivika
Omya
Orfo SA de CV 146
Prominerales SA
Provençale SA
PT Camco Omya
PT Supersonic Chemical Industries
Riau Paper Group/Imerys satellite plant
SA Omya Benelux
SA Reverté
Saudi Carbonate Company Limited
Saudi Marble Company
SC Omya Hfg–Omya Calcita srl
SC Slavyansky Melo-Izvestkovy Zavod
Schön und Hippelein
Secadora Industrial SA
Sun Minerals
Surint Omya Chemicals Company Limited
Taekyung Industries Company Limited
Tarmac Central
Thomasville Lime Medusa Corporation
Triturados Blanco Macael
Vimal Microns Limited
Vulcan Materials Company
Wang Pyo Chemical Company
Wolkem India Limited
Woojin Chemical Company
Zacarias Grupo Industrial

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