The Industrial Minerals Association - North America (IMA-NA) is the representative voice of companies which extract and process a vital and beneficial group of raw materials known as industrial minerals.  Industrial minerals are the ingredients for many of the products used in everyday life, and our companies and the people they employ are proud of their industry and the socially responsible methods they use to deliver these beneficial resources.  

IMA-NA represents ball clay, barite, bentonite, borates, calcium carbonate, diatomite, feldspar, industrial sand, kaolin, magnesia, mica, soda ash, talc, wollastonite and a variety of other industrial minerals.  

Industrial minerals are essential to our way of life, a smart utilization of resources and beneficial to society.  We invite you to explore our website and learn more about industrial minerals; a miraculous gift from ancient times.

Industrial minerals . . . Your world is made of them!