# BASF sells Bleaching Clay and Mineral Adsorbents businesses to EP Minerals

BASF signed an agreement to sell its Bleaching Clay and Mineral Adsorbents businesses to EP Minerals. The transaction includes a production site and clay mine in Mississippi and mineral rights in Arizona, affecting about 70 employees. Financial details were not disclosed.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-04-06
- Where: Mississippi and Arizona, United States
- Jobs: -70
- Status: announced
- Products: bleaching clay, mineral adsorbents
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md) (partner)
- [EP Minerals](https://endata.com/companies/23421.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/us/en/media/news-releases/2017/04/P-US-17-032), 2017-04-06: "In the process of focusing our portfolio on strategic growth areas we are divesting the businesses to a strategic buyer, EP Minerals."

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