KaMin to Raise Price for Paper Grade Kaolin Clays

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KaMin LLC, Macon, Ga., USA, will increase prices for its kaolin clay products for the global paper industry by 4% to 7%, depending on the product category, effective January 1 or as contracts allow. KaMin noted that it is committed to investing the necessary resources in technology, innovation, and people for long-term sustainability to continue to serve its paper customers at a high level.

KaMin's goal, the company continues, is to create the greatest value for its paper customers through partnerships geared towards delivering cost effective solutions designed to reduce coating formulation cost and to optimize paper and printing performance.

KaMin LLC also announced that its 2014 energy surcharge policy, which will become effective January 1, will remain unchanged from the KaMin 2013 energy surcharge policy. The threshold of $6/million BTU and incremental surcharges by product type will remain the same. This policy applies to all slurry, spray-dried hydrous, and calcined kaolin grades sold to the paper industry globally.

KaMin operates three kaolin plants in Georgia—Macon, Sandersville, and Wrens.

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