Minerals and Chemical Companies

The purpose of this blog is to gain a better understanding of how chemical companies interact with minerals.  The following provides various interactions between chemical companies and minerals. 

• Chemical companies sell chemicals to assist in the extraction of minerals from mined materials.  Companies that sell such chemicals include: Arkema; BASF; Clariant; Olin; and Solvay.
• Chemical companies rely on minerals as raw materials for producing their products.  Companies that rely on minerals for raw materials include BASF; Mosaic; Solvay; Umicore; and Yara.
• Chemical companies own mines and process materials mined from mines to obtain minerals.  Companies that own mines and process materials for minerals include Albemarle; Chemours; and Clariant.
• Chemical companies, in addition to providing chemicals for assisting in extracting minerals from materials, provide consulting services related to minerals.  These services include ways of recycling minerals.  Companies that provide such services include Akzo Nobel; Clariant; and Umicore.

Like other natural products important as raw materials for providing products in demand by an increasing global population, the supply and use of minerals will be important.  The ways in which chemical companies use and interact with minerals, for example, those provided above, need to continue to be researched, developed, improved, and implemented.