Kaolin, Kaolin and Kaolin – Everywhere
This workshop will take place on Sunday the 13th of July 2025. Registration 8:30-9.00, workshop 9:00-17:15
Workshop Leaders: 1Dr. Prakash B. Malla and 2Dr. Jeanne Percival
1Director of Research & Development, Thiele Kaolin Company, USA (Retired)
1President, Quantum Industrial Minerals, USA, pbmalla10@gmail.com
2Emeritus Scientist, Mineralogy Section, Northern Canada Division
Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada
jeanne.percival@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Kaolin is a widely and the most used industrial clay mineral and is an integral part of everyday life due to its ubiquitous use in many commercial products. These uses include, but are not limited to, paper and paperboard, paint, plastics, ceramics, filter, fiberglass, rubber, ink, adhesives, high strength cement/concrete, geopolymers, catalysts and pharmaceuticals. Kaolin also plays vital roles in many geochemical processes and environments, including soils. It is an important source of rare earth elements, which are critical for everyday high technology, renewable energy, climate change, defense and national security. The following topics will be covered:
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
1. Course Introduction
Prakash Malla, President, Quantum Industrial Minerals, USA
9:15 AM -9:45 AM
2. Genesis and Alteration Mineralogy
Michel Cheshire, Research Scientist, Chevron Corporation, USA
David Bish, Professor Emeritus, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, USA
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
3. Structure and Surface Chemistry
Cliff Johnston, Professor of Soil Chemistry, Purdue University, USA
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
4. Distinguishing the Kaolinite Group Minerals in the Lab and the Field
Jeanne Percival, Emeritus Scientist, Mineralogy Section, Northern Canada Division Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada
Prakash Malla., President, Quantum Industrial Minerals, USA
Break 10:45 AM -11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 11:30PM
5. Adsorption, Retention, and Removal of Metals and Organics and Kaolin in Soils
Balwant Singh, Professor of Soil Chemistry, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
6. Exploration, Mining, and Beneficiation (Processing)
Prakash Malla, Thiele Kaolin Company, USA (Retired)
Lunch 12:15 – 1:15 PM
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
7. Kaolin Uses and Applications
Prakash Malla, President, Quantum Industrial Minerals, USA
Qingxu Jin, Asst. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, USA
Murielle Perronnet, Ceramics – Science & Technology Director, Performance Minerals, Imerys, FRANCE
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
8. Valorizing Kaolin Waste Streams
Alex Newns, Minerals Technology Manager, Imerys, UK
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
9. Halloysite Deposits, Properties and Applications
Serena Riela, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Catania, ITALY
Break 3:15 -3:30 PM
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
10. Kaolin Modeling and Simulation
Gonzalo R. Quezada Escalona, Academic Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bio-Bio, CHILE
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
11. Rare-Earth Elements in Kaolin
Crawford Elliott, Associate Professor of Geosciences and Chemistry, Georgia State University, USA
Prakash B. Malla, President, Quantum Industrial Minerals, USA
4:30 PM- 5:00 PM
12. Kaolin in Nanotechnology – Preparation, Properties and Applications
Jakub Matusik, Professor, AGH University of Science and Technology, POLAND
Gustave Kenne Dedzo, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Yaoundé I, CAMEROON
5:00 PM -5:15 PM
13. Final Remarks and Discussion
Cost: €150 (incl VAT) (In Person)
€70 (incl 0 VAT) (Online)
