Our Bentonite division is the cornerstone on which the entire edifice of the group was built over the years. Ashapura is today the largest producer of Bentonite in India and fifth largest in the world; our current production of over 500, 000 metric tones per annum is expected to be scaled to a million metric tones per annum by 2010 which would make Ashapura an even more dominant player in the years to come. Ashapuras large reserves of quality Sodium Bentonite and its state of the art ISO 9000 & API Certified Processing Units are strategically located near well serviced all weather ports. Simple opencast mining, favourable over burden ratios and the perfect weather conditions for sun drying, the Bentonite give Ashapura a natural edge, moreover the versatility of the deposits enable us to service generic applications like Iron Ore Pelletisation, Metal Casting, Drilling, Civil Engineering, Cat Litter as well as specialty applications like Bleaching Clay, Retention Clay, Organo Clay, Toiletries and Cosmetics.Iron Ore Pelletization - Kutch Bentonite has higher natural percentage of iron, which is ideal in isolating iron ore pellets with the maximum percentage of iron. Foundry Application - A very good sodium Bentonite for casting industries is available at the Kutch region. Almost all cast iron, steel, & malleable iron foundries are using this Bentonite with cost efficient results. The use of the Kutch Bentonite is successful in continuous mould-making too. Water well & Oil Well Drilling - The special higher mud yield results in using less quantity of Bentonite for the same standard mud. This results in lesser requirement of Bentonite. The Calcium Bentonite from Kutch acid activated by using world -renowned Filterless Technology of Mizusawa, Japan produces one of the best acid activated bleaching earth in the world. It is widely used as a refining and bleaching agent for various Vegetable Oils, Fatty Acids, Petroleum, Lubricating Oils and Waxes.Our Attapulgite based fullers earth is also well-suited and extensively used for Palm oil bleaching. Water Proofing - The Kutch Bentonite has excellent filtration loss properties, which makes it ideal for all water proofing uses, as well as environment protection utilization. Agriculture Granules - The natural distance between the layers and high porosity make the Kutch Bentonite an ideal material for agricultural pesticide use. Animal Feed - Here also because of good clumping properties, the Kutch Bentonite is ideal to make good extrusions with lesser quantity of Bentonite. Pet litter absorbents and Bleaching clays. Retention clays for Paper Our selectively mined, specially processed sodium Bentonite is an excellent De-watering and Retention aid for paper manufacturing especially brown papers. Its universal compatibility wit almost all polymer systems and its excellent retention and drainage performance makes it comparable with the best in the world.Bentonite : Processed Bentonite (in Lumps & Powdered form) in different grades for the following applications/ industries:PellatizingFoundryDrillingCat LitterBleaching ClayCivil EngineeringPaperAgriculturePharma
