Idwala Industrial Minerals
Operating out of Benoni, Idwala Industrial Minerals mills and micronizes Pyrophyllite which is mined at Witpoort in Ottosdal, approximately 250 kilometres from Johannesburg in the North West Province.
Pyrophyllite is used in the paper industry as a pitch controlling agent and as a filler in the paint industry.
Idwala Industrial Minerals: Benoni
36 Commissioner Street
Benoni Industrial Sites
Benoni
1977
SA Glazing (SAG Minerals) sold Ceramic Minerals to Hippo Holdings.
1979
Anglo Alpha bought Hippo Minerals. Anglo Alpha Industrial Minerals was formed.
1995
Name changed to Alpha Industrial Minerals.
1999
ISO 9001: 2008 registered on 14 December 1999.
1998
MBO of the Industrial Division of Alpha Ltd. Name changed to Idwala Industrial Minerals (controlling interest of Idwala Industrial Holdings).
