18. TALC AND SOAPSTONE
TALC
Talc
is used principally in the paint industry while the ceramics indusÂtry
also absorbs relatively large quantities. Other minor applications are
in the. rubber, roofing paper and toilet preparations industry. In
Brazil, the maia uses are in the paint and toilet preparations
industries.
The
leading world producer of this mineral is the United States. France and
China are also important producers as is Italy. Due to the absence of
complete figures as to the production of Brazil, the insertion of the
output of the state of Minas Gerais in world data places Brazil as the
14th most imÂportant in the world.
Manchukuo and Norway are the principal world exporters while Japan, England and the United States are the leading importers.
