Rio Tinto Increases Price for North American Talc

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Rio Tinto Minerals, Denver, Colo., USA, has announced an 8% price increase for talc products from its North American operations, effective June 1. The company notes that the increase will offset the continuous rise in mining, processing, packaging, and transportation costs.

Rio Tinto Minerals supplies about one-fifth of the global demand for talc, under its Luzenac product brand. It supplies about one-fifth of the global demand for talc from its mines in Montana, and Vermont (in the U.S.), Canada, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and Australia.