global market is assessed as being worth SFR 2.3 bn or $1.4 bn. About 75% of the sales revenue generated by Clariant's Pigments & Additives division (SFR 1.872 bn or $1.1 bn in full-year 2001) is accounted for by organic pigments and the division has 16 production facilities around the world. Of Cla
China to step up kaolin production to 4 M tonnes/y
- Book ID
- 108481165
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Weight
- 31 KB
- Volume
- 2002
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0969-6210
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