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Study to identify potential commercial opportunities for industrial minerals in Ontario that result from growing, or new, North American markets for derived inorganic chemicals. Such opportunities could include supplying provincial industrial minerals to the North American chemicals market as well as producing chemicals in Ontario from these raw materials. The study excluded fertilizer chemicals as well as products, such as surface-modified fillers, that do not undergo full chemical processing or transformation. The study scanned for commercial inorganic chemicals; rated approximately 200 chemicals for growth, technology change, and Ontario's position; selected 30 chemicals for detailed study; evaluated and selected potential opportunities which included examination of major industrial consumer segments; and conducted a detailed examination of the market factors involved in 5 chemicals selected as potential opportunities.