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At RioClays
We are Engineering Kaolin for Tomorrow’s Industries

Home to one of Asia's largest spray drying and Calcined kaolin facilities | 500,000+ MT Annual Capacity | Global Export Expertise

Minerals Portfolio

Kaolin

Refined Purity, Engineered Performance

Our kaolin is a premium, refined aluminosilicate designed for high brightness, purity, and performance consistency. It offers excellent opacity, smoothness, and rheological control, making it ideal for ceramics, paints, paper, rubber, and specialty applications. Processed with advanced beneficiation techniques, our kaolin ensures uniform quality tailored to industrial requirements.

Ball Clay

Strength in Form, Precision in Performance

Our ball clay is a high-plasticity, fine-grained material engineered to deliver excellent workability and green strength. It enhances forming properties and ensures superior surface finish across ceramic applications such as tiles, sanitaryware, and tableware. 

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Feldspar

Driving Vitrification, Enhancing Strength

Our feldspar acts as a key fluxing agent, enabling efficient vitrification and reducing firing temperatures in ceramic bodies and glazes. With optimized alkali content and low impurity levels, it enhances strength, translucency, and surface finish. Our feldspar is processed to meet strict quality standards, ensuring consistency and performance across ceramic and glass industries.

The Epicenter of
Asian Kaolin Engineering

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Rio Clays is Asia's leading engineered kaolin manufacturer, home to one of the continent's largest spray drying facilities dedicated to kaolin processing. With a total annual production capacity exceeding 500,000 MT, we drive industrial progress by providing technical mineral solutions for global ceramics, paper, pigments, plastics, and coatings manufacturing leaders.

Solutions We Serve Globally

Rio Clays provides high-performance engineered kaolin that enhances product quality, durability, and performance across diverse sector applications.

Paints & Coatings

Improving opacity, gloss, and rheological properties for architectural and industrial coatings.

Rubber & Polymers

Enhancing tensile strength and chemical resistance in specialized rubber formulations.

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Fiberglass & Plastics

Acting as a high-performance filler to improve mechanical strength and reduce costs.

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Tiles

Engineered kaolin enhances glaze consistency and mechanical durability in industrial tile production.

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Sanitaryware

Optimizes casting rates and surface vitrification for consistent engineered sanitaryware quality.

Paper & Packaging

Optimizing whiteness, smoothness, and printability for premium paper and packaging products.

Printing Inks

Delivering superior pigment extension and controlled rheology for offset and flexo inks.

Advanced Ceramics

Providing excellent plasticity and firing characteristics for advanced sanitaryware and tiles.

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Tableware

Provides exceptional whiteness and thermal stability for high-end engineered tableware.

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Electric Porcelain

High dielectric strength engineered kaolin for critical electrical infrastructure components.

500,000+ MT

Annual Production Volume

Optimized manufacturing throughput powered by Asia's largest industrial spray dryer, delivering consistent engineered kaolin to global markets.

R&D Excellence

Our state-of-the-art laboratory facilities are dedicated to mineral engineering and rigorous quality control. We continuously innovate to enhance chemical properties and particle morphology for high-performance applications in paper, paints, and specialized coatings.

Rio's Hall of Fame

2020
  • Recognised as India’s 5th Largest Exporter (MSME Category)
  • Commissioned a new-generation processing plant, strengthening operational capability.
5th
2021
  • Honoured again as India’s 5th Largest Exporter (MSME Category)
  • Awarded India’s 5th Fastest Growing MSME, reflecting market expansion.
5th
2022
  • Emerged as India’s Largest Exporter of Ball Clay to Europe.
  • Established global trust and leadership in international mineral markets.
Gold Medal

Recent Milestones in Excellence

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Fastest Growing MSME (Medium)

Recognized for rapid, sustainable growth and consistent performance in the MSME (Medium) category.

Indian MSME of the Year – Manufacturing

Honoured for manufacturing excellence, process innovation, and reliable supply to global industries.

Top Exporter of the Year – Manufacturing

Awarded for leadership in exports, strong global presence, and long-term partnerships across markets.

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Global Export Expertise

With a total annual production capacity exceeding 500,000 MT, Rio Clays provides robust supply chain solutions and technical partnerships to global industries.

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Engineering technical partnerships worldwide.

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