Industrial Minerals


CalciTech synthetic CaCO3


12  March  2003
CalciTech Ltd has launched its synthetic calcium carbonate (SCC) range of synthetic mineral pigments. The first markets to be addressed are paper coatings and paint.
 

The products are manufactured using a process that involves the selective dissolution of calcium from industrial waste lime and its subsequent precipitation from solution with waste CO2 from flue gas into pure calcium carbonate. The high calcium selectivity at the initial dissolution step guarantees the final purity of the product...