Asif Chemical Industries was founded in 1973 by Mr. Abdul Rasheed Khan. Over five decades it has grown from a traditional mining company into one of Pakistan’s leading producers and processors of industrial minerals.
We control the full chain from mine to finished powder. We hold our own talc (soapstone) mining area of over 3,000 acres in Sherwan, Abbottabad. We also own one of Pakistan’s largest magnesite deposits, with reserves of more than 20 million tonnes, and marble sites in the Ziarat area of Mohmand for calcium carbonate production. Additional high-grade talc is sourced from Afghanistan.
All minerals are processed at our plant in Hattar Industrial Estate, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The plant runs a Hosokawa Alpine ball mill and classifier, Raymond mills and shaft kilns, supported by an in-house quality laboratory.
Our main products are talc, ground calcium carbonate (GCC), magnesite (raw, DBM and CCM), feldspar and quartz. We supply paper, paint, plastics, ceramics, rubber and steel industries in Pakistan, and about 70% of our output is exported IMG_3676
PRODUCTS
=> SOAPSTONE (TALC)
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- Lumps & Powder
=> MAGNESITE
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- Raw Magnesite
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- Magnesium Carbonate Powder
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- Dead Burnt Magnesite (DBM)
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- Caustic Calcined Magnesite (CCM)
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- Magnesium Carbonate
=> QUARTZ
=> GROUNDED CALCIUM CARBONATE (GCC)
=> GRANITE
=> FELDSPAR
MINING
Our mining areas compose of more than 2500 acres in Sherwan Abbotabad, KPK, Pakistan possesses huge deposit of Talc (Soap Stone) which is famous for its finest quality. World best quality Talc (Soap Stone) is imported from Khobian Afghanistan to meet demand of local and international market. We possess our own mining area in Pakistan’s largest Magnesite deposits located 29 KM North West of Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan near Kumhar village. According to geological survey of Pakistan we have reserves of more than 100.15 Million MT. We have the capacity to provide 200 MT raw magnesite per day and maintain reserve stock of more than 3000 MT. Due to abundant availability, best quality is our top priority. Raw materials collected from a number of our own mines located mainly in Pakistan but also from neighboring countries. We have our own marble sites in Ziarat area of Muhammand agency for processing of calcium carbonate.
PROCESSING PLANT
After extraction of these minerals from different mines they are dumped at our godown located in Havelian, Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan. It is further sorted as per needs of our clients by skilled labors and is sent for processing at our production line at Hattar Industrial Estate, KPK Pakistan that is equipped with world’s best Machinery and Laboratory equipment. Our factory incorporates;
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- Raw material storage
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- Crude washing, screening & sorting
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- Crushing
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- Milling and Classification
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- Package & finished goods storage
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- Quality management and development laboratories
The products are packaged in quality packaging including; polywoven bags, jumbo bags and Kraft paper bags as per client’s need in local and international market.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Quality Management is always a key business strategy of our company, which is managed in the company’s own laboratory. From time to time external laboratories are used to conduct specialized testing. The focus being to provide consistent quality products to a diverse range of clients.
MARKETING & SALES
Asif Chemicals has an extensive network of agents & distributors to provide efficient service to local and world market. Exports are our key business focus, approx 70% of output. Markets are being served all around the globe and we are determined for more healthy, long and trusted relationship with our clients.
MANAGEMENT
The Head Office is located in White Rock Plaza Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan which is mainly in center of our mining area, go down and production line Hattar. Marketing teams are located in our offices of Lahore & Karachi Pakistan where there is ready access to shipping documents and the banking system.