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Article: Minerals Technologies Inc. to Expand Satellite PCC Facility at Paper Mill Owned by Companhia Suzano Papel e Celulose, S.A., in Brazil.
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- Telecommunications Weekly
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) announced that it will expand its satellite precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant at a paper mill owned by Suzano Papel e Celulose, S.A. in Suzano, Brazil. The facility, which was originally constructed in 1996, is operated by Minerals Technologies do Brasil Comercia e Industria de Minerais Ltda.
The satellite PCC plant that produces filler material for Suzano's uncoated freesheet paper, will increase from a two-unit facility to three units, with a unit equivalent to 25,000 to 35,000 tons of PCC produced annually. Minerals Technologies also provides PCC to Suzano Papel e Cellulose, S.A. from its satellite plant at the ...