Why do industrial minerals matter?
For each resident of our country, we use more than 18,000 lbs. of industrial minerals per year in the United States. Sand, stone, and gravel make up roughly 90% of that amount. The rest are clays, salts, and other non-metals.[1] Industrial minerals are essential to thousands of everyday products including medicines, paint, ceramics, construction materials (from roofing to windows to insulation), ink, and paper coatings.