
Production

Quality of kaolin, mined at "Belaya Balka" deposit, is one of the finest in Ukraine.
According to expert appraisal, the quality of our kaolin, mostly satisfy demands of paper industry (whiteness of raw kaolin is 75-90%).
Now we mine the following sorts of kaolin:
- for paper industry - First, Second, Third and Fourth sorts;
- for ceramic industry - Extra, First, Second and Third sorts.
For ceramic industry our kaolin contains limited amount of Fe and Ti (average weight percentage are 0,40% and 0,80%, accordingly).
Chemical content and technological characteristics of raw kaolin from deposit
“Belaya Balka”
Chemical
content, % |
Raw kaolin |
Enriched kaolin |
| SiO2 |
52,72 – 71,36 |
48,30 |
| Al2O3 |
19,86 – 32,62 |
36,32 |
| Fe2O3 | 0,19 – 1,10 | 0,41 |
| TiO2 |
0,24 – 1,28 |
0,86 |
| CaO |
0,40 – 0,96 | 0,21 |
| MgO | 0,20 – 0,64 | 0,08 |
| K2O+Na2O |
0,27 – 0,65 |
0,46 |
| SO3 |
0,14 – 0,80 | 0,10 |
| Burning loss | 5,96 – 11,72 | 12,95 |
| Sand |
20,00-60,00 |
42,09 |