Groundbreaking event with the Clark, NV plant team. Love the gold shovels.
Groundbreaking for U.S. Silica Clark, NV diatomaceous earth plant expansion
Oct 3, 2019 2:33:57 PM
Topics: Functional Additives, Filtration, Agriculture, absorbents, DEsect, Diatomaceous Earth, Floor Dry, Filter aid, diatomaceous earth filter aid, agready, fertilizer carrier, natural insecticide
EP Minerals' Lovelock and Vale mines – celebrating ten years and eight years without a lost time accident
Jul 11, 2019 10:31:00 AM
EP Minerals' Lovelock, NV mine
Safety. It’s the first core value in our company’s Core Values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, and Community. That shows how important it is to all of us every day. And that’s why the whole company is proud of the Lovelock, NV mine ten-year safety record and the Vale, OR mine eight-year safety record – both for no lost time accidents. EP Minerals is owned by U.S. Silica, a company known for it’s commitment to outstanding safety.
Topics: Functional Additives, Diatomaceous Earth, engineered minerals, EP Minerals, diatomaceous earth filtration, diatomaceous earth filter aid, us silica
Dreaming of a White Christmas? You Need Bright White Celatom Brights for Paint & Coatings
Dec 6, 2018 1:44:09 PM
That bright white snow doesn't have anything on our Celatom BrightsTM functional additives! They're the brightest white diatomaceous earth (DE) and perlite products available, and perfect for the paint & coatings industry. Celatom Brights, EP Minerals' line of functional additives, are engineered just for paint and coatings. We've designed these high-efficiency materials for matting, texture and rheology. Our Celatom Brights product line includes flux-calcined DE, natural DE products without detectable crystalline silica (CS), perlite, cellulose and polyethylene (PE) thixotropes.
Topics: Functional Additives, TiO2, paint & coatings, matting, flatting, rheology, opacity
Millions of Years in the Making: Celatom Brights for Paint & Coatings
Apr 28, 2017 10:49:40 AM
This week's blog post comes to us from The Cary Blog. Thanks to The Cary Company for featuring our Celatom Brights paint & coatings products in this special post.
What are the most important factors in choosing products for the paint and coatings industry? In a recent customer survey, high quality and the ability to meet “spec” consistently ranked as the highest in customer responses. EP Minerals’ uses unique ore deposits, from the Aulacoseira Granulata diatoms of ten million years ago, for the diatomaceous earth (DE) in their paint and coatings products. The production process produces more consistent product performance, which means that you’ll spend less time on quality control issues.
EP Minerals’ portfolio of bright white diatomaceous earth (DE) products are called Celatom Brights. This line of products is produced exclusively for the paint and coatings industry – high-efficiency materials for matting, texture, and rheology. The Celatom Brights product line includes a variety of flux-calcined DE products and a unique natural DE product. They’re lower density, which gives you more performance with less additive. They improve TiO2 spacing. Oh, and did we mention? They’re really bright white.
Advantages of Celatom Brights diatomaceous earth products:
- Lower density than competing products, so you need less product
- Superior opacity and flatting
- Superior 60° and 85° gloss control
- Less porosity, more stain resistant
- High brightness
- Uniform diatom distribution
Our flux-calcined Celatom DE products:
DE is not just a “filler” but a multi-functional mineral additive that can improve the overall performance of paint or coatings. In addition to the gloss and sheen control, DE also:
- Provides titanium dioxide (TiO2) extension
- Controls solvent release and open time
- Controls polish or burnish
- Helps control viscosity and shelf stability
- Resists cracking
- Provides consistent touch-up performance
Learn more about Celatom Brights products and their opacifying and matting capabilities. Check out the Celatom Brights product brochure.
Contact EP Minerals or The Cary Company to learn more. Oh, and don’t forget your sunglasses – it’s bright white out!
Topics: Functional Additives
It's a White Out! EP Minerals' Celatom Brights for Paint & Coatings
Apr 11, 2016 3:55:02 PM
Topics: Functional Additives
It's a White Out! New Celatom Brights: Bright, white diatomaceous earth
Apr 20, 2015 2:51:00 PM
Diatomaceous earth cliffs at EP Minerals Lovelock, NV mine.
Topics: Functional Additives
Functional Additives News From the Western Coatings Symposium
Dec 18, 2013 2:37:00 PM
Recently, Eric Fernandez, PhD and Director of Business Development for EP Minerals joined a leadership panel of global experts at the Western Coatings Symposium in Las Vegas, NV, to discuss key trends, innovations and economics in the coatings industry today. EP Minerals diatomaceous earth is used as a functional additive in paint and other coatings. Organized by the Western Coating Societies, the conference serves the people, companies, clients and customers of the coatings industry. Eric's panel, "Let's Talk About Money," focused on the current economic climate in coatings, and included Vince Anderson from the Horn Company, John Gilbert from Behr, Sheryl Southwell of Specialty Polymers and Wilhelm Wessels of BYK Chemie. Coatings World Magazine covered the event and panel discussion in their December issue (link attached).http://www.coatingsworld.com/issues/1213/view_features/western-coatings-symposium-review/
Topics: Functional Additives
