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Bentonite; a key mineral for a variety of applications.
Day-to-day use of Bentonite Bentonite is an important clay mineral commonly used in some essential everyday end-use applications: foundries refractories…
Here at LKAB Minerals, we process and trade a multitude of different minerals for a wide range of applications. The role of industrial minerals in day-to-day life is not common knowledge, so through a series of articles, we will highlight the key minerals utilised in essential applications.
4 August 2020
Magnetite has proven to be the ideal mineral for energy storage. In cooperation with the University of Barcelona and the international research institute CIC Energigune, LKAB Minerals researches how magnetite can be effectively used as thermal energy storage material. The first results from a Moroccan pilot plant with thermal energy storage (TES) tanks show that high efficiency of energy storage is possible. “Energy storage in magnetite is remarkably applicable in industries worldwide”, says Leon Hendriks, Business Development Manager Magnetite at LKAB.
15 July 2020
With Covid-19 and social distancing preventing live events this year, we have decided to take our event online!
14 - 18 September 2020
UPDATE: The World Compounding Expo 2020 has been postponed to 7-8 October 2020 due to the Covid-19 virus circumstances.
7-8 October, 2020
