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Health Books International (formerly Teaching-aids at Low Cost or TALC) is an international non-profit organisation that was set up in Britain in 1965 by Professor David Morley (paediatrician). [1] Until it merged with Practical Action publishing, HBI was registered with the Charity Commission and also with Companies House in the UK. [2]
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.
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
Soapstone is relatively soft because of its high talc content—talc has a definitional value of 1 on the Mohs hardness scale. Softer grades may feel similar to soap when touched, hence the name. No fixed hardness is given for soapstone because the amount of talc it contains varies widely, from as little as 30% for architectural grades such as ...
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 .
The lawsuits focus on claims that the talc-based powder is contaminated with asbestos, a known carcinogen commonly found in places where talc is mined. [185] In 2016, J&J was ordered to pay $72 million in damages to the family of Jacqueline Fox, a 62-year-old woman who died of ovarian cancer in 2015. The company said it would appeal. [186]
In 2017, the UK was the eleventh-largest goods exporter in the world [6] and the eighth-largest goods importer. [7] It also had the second-largest inward foreign direct investment, [8] and the third-largest outward foreign direct investment. [9] The UK left the European Union in 2019, but it remains the UK's largest trading partner.
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies.The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking.