Clay:
The clays are mainly used in making bricks, ceramic wares, cement and also for landfill. In europe countries, clays mainly are divided into Kaolin, Fire clay, Ball clay, Bentonite, Fuller,s earth, Common clay.
Clay quarrying in Malaysia:
There are abundant clay resources found throughout the country. These clays include common clay, ball clay, fire clay, shale, laterite and red earth. Deposits of clays are located in the states of Pahang, Selangor, Terengganu, Kelantan, Perak, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Negeri Sembilan, Johore and Sarawak. Production of clays in 2007 increased to 28,292,423 tonnes from 25,081,174 tonnes produced in 2006.
In Malaysia, there are many companies which supplies all kinds of clays. RADIANT PROVINCE supplies ball clays. CLAYBRICKS & TILES SDN BHD is the largest manufacturer of quality burnt clay products in Malaysia. The state-of-the-art plant, which is located in Kota Tinggi, Johor produces a variety of burnt clay products ranging from facing bricks, paver, brick veneer to utility and accessory bricks at a capacity of 100 million bricks per annum.
The products consist of a wide variety of colours and textures, ranging from smooth face, bark face, rock face, wire-cut, cobble, tumble and sand blast and the colors from white, cream, grey, terracotta, brown, lavender to many other combinations. As one of the core businesses of Cahya Mata Sarawak Group since 1974, CMS Cement now enjoys the distinction of being an integrated cement manufacturer with seamless delivery enabled by direct access to raw materials, through clinker production and quarry operations.
Clay Production