MOSCOW (MRC) --Clariant Mining is going to upgrade to significantly larger laboratory facilities filled with state-of-the-art equipment when Clariant Oil & Mining Services moves into its new global headquarters, according to Finance.
The new company's headquarters are scheduled for completion in The Woodlands, Texas, in fall 2013.
In conjunction with Clariant's Innovation Center located in Frankfurt, Germany, the North American lab will be used to develop new flotation products to meet the demands of regional customers. Other capabilities include mineral analysis and laboratory-scale beneficiation testing from crushing to concentrate.
The planned laboratory facilities in The Woodlands are part of a series of specialized mining laboratories Clariant has opened over the last several years in the world's key mining regions including Johannesburg, South Africa, Guangzhou, China, and Saint Petersburg, Russia. These are in addition to seasoned labs in Santiago, Chile and Sao Paulo, Brazil, where Clariant Mining has been a leader in copper/molybdenum and reverse iron ore flotation.
As MRC reported earlier, the company has strengthened its position in the Asian market by entering into strategic agreements with DKSH and Wacker. The company also showed good progress in portfolio management and the integration of Sud-Chemie.
Clariant is an internationally active specialty chemical company, based in Muttenz near Basel. The group owns over 100 companies worldwide. Clariant is divided into eleven business units: Additives; Catalysis & Energy; Emulsions, Detergents & Intermediates; Functional Materials; Industrial & Consumer Specialties; Leather Services; Masterbatches; Oil & Mining Services; Paper Specialties; Pigments; Textile Chemicals.
Clariant Mining is a leading provider of flotation chemicals and explosion emulsifiers to the global mining industry. Clariant Mining's strong and growing team of technical experts operates around the globe and is dedicated to providing world-class specialty chemical solutions that add value to customers' mining operations.
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