Ball Clay Market Scope
Ball clays are kaolinite rich secondary clay that is available in dark brown to black colour due to relatively high organic impurity content. Once it fired, it will become white to lite cream colour. It consists of three major minerals that are kaolinite, mica & quartz. It is a high plastic clay and contains more fine particles. It is also known as plastic clay. The name ball clay came from the mining method of cutting the mud out in balls. Many properties match stoneware clay, but this stoneware never gives white product after burning. There are hundreds of different ball clays available. Potentially they should vary widely in plasticity, particle size, raw colour, and drying properties. The increasing presence of foreign companies in the Asia-Pacific region has also created the demand for the construction of new offices, buildings, production houses and others are driving the growth of the construction sector in the region.
The companies are exploring the market by adopting mergers & acquisitions, expansions, investments, new service launches, and collaborations as their preferred strategies. The players are exploring new geographies through expansions and acquisitions to avail a competitive advantage through combined synergies. Research Analyst at AMA estimates that India Vendors will contribute to the maximum growth of Global Ball Clay market throughout the predicted period.
Imerys ceramics India Private Ltd. (India), Kothari Clay industries. (India), Ashvin ceramics(India), Swastik Minerals(India), Amarnath Industries(India), Old Hickory Clay Company (United States), Jannat Enterprise (Malaysia), Advance Clay Supplies (Malaysia) and Mita Madencilik Ltd (Turkey) are some of the key players that are part of study coverage.
Segmentation Overview
The study have segmented the market of Global Ball Clay market by Type (20-50% Kaolinite and 50-80% Kaolinit), by Application (Tableware Industry, Ceramic Industry, Electrical Industry, Refractory Industry and Others) and Region with country level break-up.
On the basis of geography, the market of Ball Clay has been segmented into South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America), Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Europe (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rest of Europe), MEA (Middle East, Africa), North America (United States, Canada, Mexico).
Influencing Trend:
Rising infrastructure spending
Market Growth Drivers:
The high demand for ball clay for making bidet and toilets and Increasing Demand for Sanitary ware in the Asia-Pacific Region
Challenges:
Volatile raw material prices
Restraints:
Substitute available for ball clay
Opportunities:
The Asia-Pacific construction sector is the largest in the world and is growing at a healthy rate, owing to the rising population, increase in middle-class incomes, and urbanization.
Market Leaders and their Expansionary Development Strategies
In September 2022, Imerys entered into Syntagma Capital to potentially sell most of its assets producing kaolin, ground calcium carbonate ("GCC"), precipitated calcium carbonate ("PCC"), and talc, primarily serving the paper market. started exclusive negotiations with an Enterprise valuing €390 million (including revenue from future business performance)
Key Target Audience
New Entrants/Investors, Analysts and Strategic Business Planners, Ball Clay Manufacturer, Government Regulatory and Research Organizations and End-Use Industry
About Approach
The research aims to propose a patent-based approach in searching for potential technology partners as a supporting tool for enabling open innovation. The study also proposes a systematic searching process of technology partners as a
preliminary step to select the emerging and key players that are involved in implementing market estimations. While patent analysis is employed to overcome the aforementioned data- and process-related limitations, as expenses occurred in that technology allows us to estimate the market size by evolving segments as target market from the total available market.