New kaolin and quartz start-ups as Norwegian feldspar source closes

摘要

Kaolin AD of Bulgaria has ramped up its new $ 15m. silica sand plant in Oleshnya, northern Ukraine, to supply glass markets in eastern Europe. The PKSP plant is running at its full capacity of 2,000 tpd (730,000 tpa), generating about a fifth of the groups total silica sand sales and employing 150 people. Kaolin AD said the facility would supply large producers of flat glass and container glass in Ukraine, south Russia, Belarus and Moldova, including Saint-Gobain, Vetropack, Sise-cam and Guardian.