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Loader and equipment at the Lovelock , Nevad mine
Oregon in 1985 . In 2013 , EP Minerals acquired the Moltan Company and with it additional mines and processing facilities in Nevada and Tennessee . Finally , in 2014 , a new perlite facility was opened in Blair , Nebraska .
“ We have six plants , close to 600 employees , plus or minus , and with that we sell all over the world and to about a hundred countries ,” said Al Kaczanowski , vice president of marketing .
What They Do EP Minerals doesn ’ t just sell its products in bulk . The company maintains a full-scale R & D department devoted to the development of cutting-edge , products , such as AXIS DE and AXIS Ceramic soil amendments , AgReady fertilizer carrier , DEsect insecticide and NXT-2 arsenic remediation product .
While perlite and absorbent clays are a large part of the company ’ s business , the cornerstone of their product offerings is DE . Though this material is regularly present in almost everyone ’ s life , its applications are often overlooked by those not involved in the sector .
“ We sell DE into well over a hundred markets ,” said Gregg Jones , president . “ Our largest market is beer filtration , [ which ] would be a radically different process if DE wasn ’ t available . Same thing goes for wine and juices .”
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