New Seawater Magnesia Plant
More high quality MgO for you Michigan Chemical Corporation announces the "beginning of construction on its new seawater magnesia plant at Port St. Joe, Florida, which will enlarge many times the company's present capacity a t Saint Louis, Michigan. The new plant will provide industry with high-purity chemical and refractory grades of magnesium oxide for use in manufacturing basic brick and other refractory products, rubber and neoprene, paper, textiles, insula42
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tion and building products, ceramics, catalysts and for many applications in chemical processes. T h e new facility will h a v e access t o rail, ocean and Mississippi River barge shipping. The plant site includes land available to industries which use magnesium oxide. T h e new seawater MgO plant will enable Michigan Chemical to serve industry over a wide area, augmenting extensively its Mich-
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igan magnesia operation which will continue to produce caustic magnesias and specialties. Write to ike Magnesia Sales Division, Michigan Chemical Corporation, Saint Louis, Michigan, for data on production schedules.
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