Bentonite is a sedimentary deposit; it is volcanic in origin and contains more than 50% montmorillonite. Bentonite is surface mined, dried, crushed, and sent through grinding mills to be sized based on customer requirements. Processed bentonite can also be chemically modified. Bentonite has a unique chemical structure that enables it to act as a sealant, binder, thickener, lubricant and absorption agent. Primarily, there are two types of natural bentonite: calcium and sodium.

PART 01: Executive summary

PART 02: Scope of the report

PART 03: Research Methodology

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

Overview

PART 05: Market landscape

Global bentonite market

PART 06: Market segmentation by product form

Global bentonite market by product form

Global sodium bentonite market

Global calcium bentonite market

Global others bentonite market

PART 07: Market segmentation by application

Global bentonite market by application

Global bentonite market for foundry sand

Global bentonite market for iron ore pelletizing

Global bentonite market for pet litter

Global bentonite market for drilling mud

Global bentonite market for civil engineering

Global bentonite market for others

PART 08: Geographical segmentation

Global bentonite market by geography

Bentonite market in Americas

Bentonite market in APAC

Bentonite market in EMEA

PART 09: Market drivers

Horizontal drilling: An innovation in oil and gas

extraction

Pet humanization: An uplifting concept in US and

Europe

India and China: Steel intensive markets

PART 10: Impact of drivers

PART 11: Market challenges

Competition from organic binders

Declining oil drilling activities

Challenges with edible sodium bentonite

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 13: Market trends

Organically modified bentonites: Increased use in

geosynthetic clay liner system

Compacted sodium bentonite as backfill in radioactive

waste repositories

Bentonite usage developments

PART 14: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Other prominent vendors

PART 15: Key vendor analysis

Ashapura Group

CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS

IMERYS

Mineral Technologies

Wyo-Ben

PART 16: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 17: Explore Technavio