Kaolin is chemically a Hydrous Aluminum Silicate with Al4[Si4O10](OH)8. It is also known as China Clay. It is a naturally occurring platty mineral and has a major content of Alumina called Kaolinite. It is soft white clay of variable but usually low plasticity, and dry strength that retains its white color when fired. It consists partly of crystalline and partly of amorphous material.

Wolkem’s strength in Kaolin
Wolkem has entered the Indian Kaolin business only in mid 2004 by acquisition of a ten year old running business in Kerela in South India. Its major strength is its extensive mining reserves in the richest and best Kaolin mining belt of India, to add to its strength is its newly furbished state of the art clay processing facility, duly equipped with the latest processing technology & quality control laboratory.