Company Information
New Banana Republic was found on 1996 and is located in Karachi, Pakistan. We deal in exporting in all kinds if minerals especially Talc Stone or Soap Stone. Our product has the reputation of high whiteness and high purity.The talc powder is widely used in different industries, such as plastic, rubber, EVA, cable, paper, cosmetics, food, pharmaceutical and ceramics. We are the operator of the mines of Talc or Soap Stone. We are the leading producer and exporter of the Soap Stone/Talc Lumps direct from our mine. Our production capacity is 5000mt per month and exports it to different countries of the world. Our Talc Stone purity and whiteness is 94% along with the Lab Report. We are dealing in Talc stone of Afghanistan Origin to local and international market.
Talc is used in many industries such as paper making, plastic, paint and coatings, rubber, food, electric cable, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, ceramics, etc. A coarse grayish-green high-talc rock is soapstone or steatite and has been used for stoves, sinks, electrical switchboards, crayons, soap, etc. It is often used for surfaces of lab counter tops and electrical switchboards because of its resistance to heat, electricity and acids. Talc finds use as a cosmetic (talcum powder), as a lubricant, and as a filler in paper manufacture. Talc is used in baby powder, an astringent powder used for preventing rashes on the area covered by a diaper (see diaper rash). It is also often used in basketball to keep a player's hands dry. Most tailor's chalk is talc, as is the chalk often used for welding or metalworking.
Talc is also used as food additive or in pharmaceutical products as a glidant. In medicine talc is used as a pleurodesis agent to prevent recurrent pleural effusion or pneumothorax. In the European Union the additive number is E553b.
Talc is widely used in the ceramics industry in both bodies and glazes. In low-fire artware bodies it imparts whiteness and increases thermal expansion to resist crazing.