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Mondo Minerals, nowadays part of Elementis, is a leading globally active producer of talc [citation needed] products. Its main brands are Finntalc, Plustalc and Microtalc. The company develops and markets specialized products for paints and coatings, plastics, cordierite ceramics, consumables, pharmaceutical and paper applicatio
Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Mg 3 Si 4 O 10 (OH) 2. Talc in powdered form, often combined with corn starch, is used as baby powder. This mineral is used as a thickening agent and lubricant. It is an ingredient in ceramics, paints, and roofing material.
The company is the world's largest producer of talc, [citation needed] with mines and processing plants located in Europe, North America, Australia, and East Asia. The Luzenac Group was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rio Tinto Group from 1988 [1] until August 2011, when it was sold to Imerys. [2]
A Florida jury on Thursday concluded that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder talc product did not cause the ovarian cancer of a Florida woman who died in 2019. The lawsuit was brought by family ...
This was followed in 2018 by the creation of a new division by the $600m acquisition of Mondo Minerals, [31] described as the “second largest producer of premium talc based additives in the world”. Following this acquisition, the group's main divisions were then described as personal care; coatings; talc; chromium; and energy. [25]
Ongoing lawsuits against J&J allege that its talc-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer. A new study lends credence to the claims. ... a group of attorneys appointed to act on behalf of the many ...
As part of the plan, the North American Talc subsidiaries agreed to sell their assets and contribute the proceeds to a Trust to compensate claimants. [41] That sale process was completed in November 2020, when the Court approved the sale of the North American talc business to Magris Resources, a Canadian mining group, for $223 million.
The major talc deposit is the Trimouns talc quarry, near Luzenac (Ariège), the largest in the world (400,000 tons extracted per year), which also produces remarkable groups of crystals associated with rare-earth crystallizations. [26]