The Performance Minerals Group of Specialty Minerals Inc. (SMI) manufactures precipitated calcium carbonates (PCCs), ground calcium carbonates (GCCs), dolomites, talcs, talc-based antiblocks and barites (also called barytes) which are used in a wide variety of non-paper applications.

Click on one of these links to learn more about how SMI’s products can enhance performance while often lowering costs in your application:

• Adhesives
• Agriculture, Landscaping and Highway
• Building Products
• Environmental
• Food
• Ink
• Nutritional Supplements
• Paint and Coatings
• Personal Care Products
• Pharmaceuticals
• Plastics
• Sealants

Learn more:

• About Specialty Minerals Inc.
• Key industries using Specialty Minerals minerals - See where Specialty Minerals products are used in the automotive, construction and consumer product markets.
• Specialty Minerals minerals manufactured - A series of mineral introductory webpages
• Special Minerals functionalities - Basics of antiblocking, impact strength, stiffness or flexural modulus, and polymer nucleation.