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AMCOL INTL CP, (ACO) Stock Research Free Stock Rating
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AMCOL International Corporation operates as a specialty minerals company. The company operates in three segments: Minerals, Environmental, and Transportation. The minerals segment mines, processes, and distributes clays and products with similar applications to various industrial and consumer markets. It provides sodium bentonite and calcium bentonite for use in foundry and casting, detergent, iron ore pelletizing, well drilling, agricultural, construction, and other industries; specialty minerals for suppliers of gelling, binding, thickening, plasticizing, and emulsifying agents for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, drilling fluids, or household products; and supplies cat litter and specialty pet products to grocery and drug stores, mass merchandisers, wholesale clubs, and pet specialty stores. The Environmental segment processes and distributes clays and products with similar applications for use as a moisture barrier in commercial construction, landfill liners, and in various other industrial and commercial applications. The Transportation segment includes a long-haul trucking business and a freight brokerage business, which delivers finished products throughout the continental United States. The company was incorporated in 1924 as Bentonite Mining & Manufacturing Company. It changed its name to American Colloid Company in 1927 and to AMCOL International Corporation in 1995. AMCOL International is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
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