KaMin LLC has announced that it will increase prices for kaolin clay products for the global paper industry effective January 1, 2012, or as contracts allow.
KaMin LLC also announces that its 2012 energy surcharge policy, effective January 1, 2012 will remain unchanged from the KaMin 2011 energy surcharge policy. The threshold of $6/MMBTU 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 said.