World demand for kaolin is forecast to grow 2.1% per year to 27.5 million metric tons in 2020, valued at $4.1 billion. Gains will be driven by expansion of manufacturing activity in developing countries, particularly in the Asia/Pacific and Africa/Mideast regions.   However, advances will be constrained by a contraction in the paper markets of North America and Western Europe, as the increasing digitization of media erodes demand for kaolin-intensive coated paper products. These and other tren...