Ashapura Group of Industries products

Industrial Functional Minerals

Bauxite

Ashapura is a leading global supplier of Bauxite and Aluminous Laterite. Bauxite is the principal ore which is used in making Aluminium metal. The Group is a preferred to supplier Bauxite to some of the largest Aluminium producers in China, CIS countries and the Middle East. Ashapura’s Gibbistic bauxites can be processed at relatively lower temperatures (145 ºC to 155 ºC) thorough autoclave digestion. They can be used also for sweetening stage and for non-autoclave digestion in agitators (105 ºC). Ashapura’s decades of experience in the chemical, mineralogical and metallurgical evaluation of the Bauxite, coupled with its logistical prowess to handle more than 10 million tons of Bauxite exports annually, make it a formidable constituent of the global Bauxite supply chain. Ashpura’s copious and versatile reserves are suitable for nearly all of the applications.

Bentonite

With over 6 decades of expertise in Bentonite mining & processing, Ashapura today is the 3rd largest producer of Bentonite in the world. The Group’s extensive & versatile reserves of high quality Sodium and Calcium Bentonite which are mined and processed carefully into several grades. These are in different forms such as dried & crushed lumps, granules, powder to micronized powder, catering to diverse needs of clients. Our Bentonite products caters to a wide range of industries starting from the conventional usage areas of Iron Ore Pelletisation, Drilling, Metal Casting, Construction, Cat Litter etc. to value added areas such as paper, detergents , Animal feed etc. The Group also possesses the requisite certifications such as ISO 14001:2004 for Environmental management system, OHSAS 18001: 2007 for Organizations Health and Safety management system & CGMP for Good manufacturing process.

Kaolin

Kaolin is a multifaceted white clay that when processed in used in making paper, paints, ceramics, rubber, fiberglass and in the construction industry. Ashapura’s Kolin offerings over the last four decades have grown in versatility and sophistication. The Group’s state-of-the-art Kaolin processing complex at Bhuj is the largest in Western India and produces several grades of hydrous and calcined grades of Kaolin.

Advanced Refractory Materials

High Alumina Cement

High Alumina Refractory Cement is manufactured from Calcined Alumina and high purity lime. It is used as a binder for all types of castable refractories. Ashapura offers two ranges; HARB 50 and HARB 70 with minimum alumina content of 50% and 70% respectively.

Castables

Ashapura produces wide range of refractory raw material which guarantees high performance conventional Castables manufactured from in-house raw material. The Group also produces superior quality Low Cement Castable which is ideal for application under critical environment of high temperature furnaces. We can develop customised products even with the most challenging specifications. We are the most preferred suppliers of Castables on account of our quality, consistency and technical support.

Hydrocarbon Exploration Solutions

Bentonite

Barytes

Barytes (or barites) is the naturally occurring mineral form of barium sulphate. Its main properties are its high specific gravity (4.5), very low solubility; it is non-toxic, and also chemically and physically unreactive. It is estimated that 90% of the Barytes produced in the world are used only for drilling oil wells. It is also found useful in the manufacture of white pigment or extender in pigments and barium chemicals, in the glass industry and as filler in rubber, leather, textile and paper goods.

Attapulgite

Attapulgite is advantageously used for the purification of petroleum distillates such as kerosene due to their special characteristics. Fine grade of our fibrous Attapugite products are able to eliminate water traces, suspended impurities, resinous or asphaltic substances, residues of metals (arsenic, lead, vanadium and others), nitrogen compounds, oxygenated compounds, some sulphur compounds and even adsorb preferentially some hydrocarbons (olefins). Attapulgite is finely controlled particles size distribution with maximum adsorbent capacity. Finely powdered attagel is used as thickner and rheological modifier in many applications such as paint and coatings. Attapulgite is natural bleaching earth used to purify the edible oil such as palm and soya oils. Natural desiccant having capacity to adsorb moisture in petrochemical streams such as Kerosene and Aviation fuels.