US Patent Issued to INCOA Performance Minerals on Feb. 24 for "Methods for reducing moisture content in alkaline earth metal carbonates" (Washington, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,608, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INCOA Performance Minerals LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Methods for reducing moisture content in alkaline earth metal carbonates" was invented by Allison Anne Calhoun (Walla Walla, Wash.) and Charles Michael Blevins (Daphne, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for reducing moisture content of alkaline earth metal carbonate may include introducing alkaline earth metal carbonate having a moisture content ranging from about 0.1% by mass to about 10% by mass into a primary crusher and operating the primary crusher to obtain alkaline earth metal carbonate particles having a top cut particle size d...