The Essential Minerals Association (EMA)is the representative voice of companies which extract and process a vital and beneficial group of raw materials known as industrial minerals. Industrial minerals are the ingredients for many of the products used in everyday life, and our companies and the people they employ are proud of their industry and the socially responsible methods they use to deliver these beneficial resources. EMA represents ball clay, barite, bentonite, borates, calcium carbonate, diatomite, feldspar, industrial sand, kaolin, magnesia, soda ash, talc and wollastonite. EMA was formerly the Industrial Minerals Association - North America. A new Website is under development and a redirect from the IMA-NA site will be in place when the site is live If you would like more information on the Association, please email us: info@ima-na.org or call us 571-527-4655