Specialty Chemicals

MKC™ SILICATES MS56 is extensively used in exterior paints for buildings (with contamination-resistant and self-cleaning effect), pre-coat paint for metals (coil coating), organic-inorganic hybrid coating materials, surface modification, crosslinking agent, and binder.

Luna-mer 553-A is an improved β-hydroxyalkylamide crosslinker, used to formulate exterior-durable carboxylic polyester powder coatings. Luna-mer 553-A provides a lower-yellowing, more colourstable coating, and therefore is most suitable for use in direct-fired gas ovens.

MINEX® ST OV100 (particle size 4) is a hydrophobic, surface-treated nepheline syenite (NS) designed for enhanced performance in coatings and adhesives. This grade is easily dispersed in a wide range of reactive solvent-borne and 100% solids resin systems. It is particularly effective in polyurea resin and coating systems where variable surface moisture can lead to film defects. MINEX ST OV100 is engineered to deliver superior performance in polyurethane, polyaspartic, polyester, and silicone resin systems. Ideal end-use applications include: Industrial maintenance, General industrial, Industrial floor, Powder coatings, Wood coatings, Specialty architectural, Aerospace, Automotive.

MINEX® ST is available in three particle sizes—4, 7, and 10—and two functional treatments: A100 and OV100. It offers similar optics, handling, gloss, and color acceptance as the equivalent MINEX grades, while delivering improved dispersion and higher loading capacity in select systems—enabling cost savings and reduced VOC content.

MINEX® ST micronized functional fillers and extenders are proven performance enhancers across a broad range of paints, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and inks. Select surface treatments were developed to further enhance chemical and stain resistance, washability, adhesion, weatherability, optical clarity, color retention in tinted systems, abrasion resistance, and tensile strength—by compatibilizing the mineral surface with the host binder systems and reactive chemistries.

MINEX and MINEX ST functional fillers are produced from nepheline syenite—a naturally occurring, silica-deficient, sodium-potassium alumina silicate. Automated scanning electron microscopy confirms they contain less than 0.1% crystalline silica, with no detectable free crystalline silica in the mineral complex. All MINEX ST grades are processed and sized in strict adherence to Covia’s QIPSM quality assurance programs, ensuring consistently uniform chemistries, tight particle size distributions, and controlled top sizes for reliable performance.