!!!Kaolin

Kaolin, soft fine-grained clay, "china clay". The mining of kaolin 
started at the beginning of the19%%sup th/%  century. Originally it 
was used in the ceramics industry, today it is mainly used as filling 
material in the paper, plastics and paint industry. Mined at 
Kriechbaum-Weinzierl near Schwertberg (Upper Austria, open-cast and 
underground mining ) and in Aspang-Zoebern (Lower Austria, open-cast 
mining). 1993 output: 341,956 tonnes of crude kaolin.


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