--- title: Incredible Minerals Today Blog | EP Minerals | Company News (3) description: Company News | Incredible Minerals Today gives readers insights and information about new exciting uses for diatomaceous earth, perlite and clay around the world today, plus the latest information about EP Minerals. (3) --- [![EP Minerals](https://s3.amazonaws.com/tai-epminerals-blue-production/assets/logo-2x-47fa904bf68f43107c73f6469e9c48f456bd3926518cc9ea58c2fb18c520d71d.png)](https://epminerals.com) Incredible Minerals for Everyday Use - [Login](https://epminerals.com/users/login) - [Careers](https://epminerals.com/about-us/careers) - [Contact Us](https://epminerals.com/contact-us) # Incredible Minerals Today ## [EP Minerals Wins IMA North America Safety Award](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-wins-ima-north-america-safety-award) Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown) May 12, 2015 9:38:00 AM ![ima](https://blog.epminerals.com/hubfs/ima.jpg) This Thursday, the Industrial Minerals Association for Northern Nevada will award EP Minerals the IMA Safety Award for 2014 Safety Performance at our Lovelock Mine and also for the Clark Plant. Each of those operations worked over 200,000 employee hours without a MSHA reportable injury or fatality during 2014. This makes EP Minerals one of the few operations among the IMA North America to receive this award, according to Darrell Smith, executive vice president of the IMA. [Read More](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-wins-ima-north-america-safety-award) Topics: [Company News](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/company-news) ## [EP Minerals: A Long History, Modern Approach](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-a-long-history-modern-approach) Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown) Jan 8, 2015 4:33:00 PM From Mining Global, January issue, by Ian Hanner ![Skylar,_de](https://blog.epminerals.com/hs-fs/hub/327292/file-2317873563.jpg?width=369&name=file-2317873563.jpg) Mining & Exploration Manager Skylar Burdette at Clark, NV diatomaceous earth mine. [Read More](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-a-long-history-modern-approach) Topics: [Company News](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/company-news) ## [Industrial minerals: Part of every day life](https://blog.epminerals.com/industrial-minerals-part-of-every-day-life) Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown) Oct 14, 2014 3:52:00 PM ![DE-Mines4-650x488-web-1](https://blog.epminerals.com/hs-fs/hub/327292/file-662549572.jpg?width=275&name=file-662549572.jpg)  Diatomaceous Earth, EP Minerals Lovelock Mine *By John Seelmeyer, Northern Nevada Business Week editor. This story will appear in NNBW's upcoming Made in Nevada publication, to celebrate the state's 150th anniversary.* [Read More](https://blog.epminerals.com/industrial-minerals-part-of-every-day-life) Topics: [Company News](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/company-news) ## [DE, Clay, Perlite & HR: An interview with Steve Blackhall, director of HR](https://blog.epminerals.com/de-clay-perlite-hr-an-interview-with-steve-blackhall-director-of-hr) Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown) Feb 20, 2014 12:21:00 PM From this week's Northern Nevada Business Weekly: [Read More](https://blog.epminerals.com/de-clay-perlite-hr-an-interview-with-steve-blackhall-director-of-hr) Topics: [Company News](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/company-news) ## [EP Minerals names Scott Palm Vice President Strategy and Corporate Development](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-names-scott-palm-vice-president-strategy-and-corporate-development) Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown) Jan 29, 2014 10:27:10 AM *![Scott_Palm_photo](https://blog.epminerals.com/hs-fs/hub/327292/file-490877880.jpg?width=147&name=file-490877880.jpg)* [Read More](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-names-scott-palm-vice-president-strategy-and-corporate-development) Topics: [Company News](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/company-news) ## [Gregg Jones Appointed President of EP Minerals](https://blog.epminerals.com/blog/gregg-jones-appointed-president-of-ep-minerals) Posted by [admin](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/admin) Oct 29, 2013 3:19:08 PM [![Gregg Jones, EP Minerals president ](http://epminerals.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Gregg-1-286x300.jpg)](http://epminerals.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Gregg-1.jpg)  Gregg Jones, EP Minerals president   We have a new president at EP Minerals- Gregg Jones. In this new capacity, Gregg will provide overall leadership and direction to the EP organization. Gregg has been EP’s executive vice president of global sales & marketing, and has been leading the industrial minerals company’s commercial efforts for more than ten years.  Before joining EP, he held commercial leadership roles with the Plastics Division of Rock Tenn Company, with UCB Films and with Imerys.  Gregg holds a BS in Chemical Engineering, an MS in Chemistry and an MBA from Syracuse University in New York. Dave Keselica, who has led EP’s successful growth strategy as president and CEO since 2003, will become chairman of EP’s board and continue his work developing new projects in partnership with EP’s owner, Golden Gate Capital. “Under Dave’s ten years as its leader, EP has chalked up an enviable record of continuous growth and innovation,” said Rajeev Amara, a managing director of Golden Gate Capital.   “Golden Gate Capital's commitment to EP minerals and management continues to be strong and we have a high level of confidence that Gregg and his team will continue that record of success.” [Read More](https://blog.epminerals.com/blog/gregg-jones-appointed-president-of-ep-minerals) Topics: [Company News](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/company-news) [Previous](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/company-news/page/2) [All posts](https://blog.epminerals.com/all) [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.epminerals.com%2Ftopic%2Fcompany-news%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.epminerals.com%2Ftopic%2Fcompany-news%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.epminerals.com%2Ftopic%2Fcompany-news%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.epminerals.com%2Ftopic%2Fcompany-news%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Incredible%20Minerals%20Today%20Blog%20%7C%20EP%20Minerals%20%7C%20Company%20News%20%283%29) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.epminerals.com%2Ftopic%2Fcompany-news%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.epminerals.com%2Ftopic%2Fcompany-news%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ## About this blog Incredible Minerals Today gives readers insights and information about new exciting uses for diatomaceous earth, perlite and clay around the world today, plus the latest information about EP Minerals.  ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - 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