Recently, we had the privilege of attending the 10th annual Covia open house at the Nepheline Syenite mine site.
Wishing all our customers a safe and happy holiday season! Read on for the latest on raw materials!
With the challenges in sourcing EPK over the last several years, minor adjustments have been being made to both our MCS and 6-50 clay bodies, and slowly, organically, the two clay bodies began becoming more and more similar. The final result, as it turns out, is that now the recipes for MCS and 6-50 are actually identical. It does not make sense to have 2 clay bodies that differ only in name, and not in their formula. Therefore, we will no longer produce a clay called 6-50.
We are happy to say that most of the supply chain issues we have experienced over the last three years have disappeared...however, certain materials are still difficult to get and the cost of some materials has gone through the roof. Here are just some of the examples.
In order to ensure the continued production of good quality clay we recently sent our main pugmill to the U.S. for a complete refurbishment.
