Omya to increase prices for its сalcium сarbonate products in US and Canada by 7 – 9%, effective January 1, 2019, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
Omya has been facing significant cost pressures from escalating raw material, chemical, energy, transportation costs and overall inflation across all regions in 2018, which is expected to continue.
Omya is a leading global producer of industrial minerals – mainly fillers and pigments derived from calcium carbonate and dolomite – and a worldwide distributor of specialty chemicals.
