Table of Contents PART 01: Executive summary PART 02: Scope of the report PART 03: Research Methodology PART 04: Introduction • Key market highlights • Overview PART 05: Market landscape • Global bentonite market PART 06: Market segmentation by product form • Global bentonite market by product form • Global sodium bentonite market • Global calcium bentonite market • Global others bentonite market PART 07: Market segmentation by application • Global bentonite market by application • Global bentonite market for foundry sand • Global bentonite market for iron ore pelletizing • Global bentonite market for pet litter • Global bentonite market for drilling mud • Global bentonite market for civil engineering • Global bentonite market for others PART 08: Geographical segmentation • Global bentonite market by geography • Bentonite market in Americas • Bentonite market in APAC • Bentonite market in EMEA PART 09: Market drivers • Horizontal drilling: An innovation in oil and gas extraction • Pet humanization: An uplifting concept in US and Europe • India and China: Steel intensive markets PART 10: Impact of drivers PART 11: Market challenges • Competition from organic binders • Declining oil drilling activities • Challenges with edible sodium bentonite PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges PART 13: Market trends • Organically modified bentonites: Increased use in geosynthetic clay liner system • Compacted sodium bentonite as backfill in radioactive waste repositories • Bentonite usage developments PART 14: Vendor landscape • Competitive scenario • Other prominent vendors PART 15: Key vendor analysis • Ashapura Group • CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS • IMERYS • Mineral Technologies • Wyo-Ben PART 16: Appendix • List of abbreviations PART 17: Explore Technavio List of Exhibits Exhibit 01: Relative properties of calcium and sodium bentonite Exhibit 02: Bentonite production through mining 2015 (% share) Exhibit 03: Global bentonite market Exhibit 04: Global bentonite market 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 05: Global bentonite market 2016-2021 Exhibit 06: Global bentonite market by product form 2016 and 2021 (% share) Exhibit 07: Global bentonite market by product form 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 08: Global sodium bentonite market 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 09: Global sodium bentonite market 2016-2021 Exhibit 10: Global calcium bentonite market 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 11: Global calcium bentonite market 2016-2021 Exhibit 12: Global others bentonite market 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 13: Global others bentonite market 2016-2021 Exhibit 14: Global bentonite market by application 2016 and 2021 (% share) Exhibit 15: Global bentonite market by application 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 16: Global bentonite market for foundry sand 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 17: Global bentonite market for foundry sand 2016-2021 Exhibit 18: Global ferrous castings market 2015 Exhibit 19: Global bentonite market for iron ore pelletizing 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 20: Global bentonite market for iron ore pelletizing 2016-2021 Exhibit 21: Global bentonite market for pet litter 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 22: Global bentonite market for pet litter 2016-2021 Exhibit 23: Global bentonite market for drilling mud 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 24: Global bentonite market for drilling mud 2016-2021 Exhibit 25: Global bentonite market for civil engineering 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 26: Global bentonite market for civil engineering 2016-2021 Exhibit 27: Global bentonite market for others 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 28: Global bentonite market for others 2016-2021 Exhibit 29: Global bentonite market by geography 2016 and 2021 Exhibit 30: Global bentonite market by geography 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 31: Bentonite market in Americas 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 32: Bentonite market in Americas 2016-2021 Exhibit 33: Bentonite market in Americas by application 2016 Exhibit 34: Bentonite market in APAC 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 35: Bentonite market in APAC 2016-2021 Exhibit 36: Bentonite market by application in APAC Exhibit 37: Bentonite market in EMEA 2016 and 2021 (million metric tons) Exhibit 38: Bentonite market in EMEA 2016-2021 Exhibit 39: Bentonite market in Europe by application 2016 Exhibit 40: Pet ownership by key countries in North America Exhibit 41: Pet ownership by key countries in Europe Exhibit 42: Impact of drivers Exhibit 43: Impact of drivers and challenges Exhibit 44: Global bentonite market: Key vendors Exhibit 45: Ashapura Group: Product offerings Exhibit 46: CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS: Product offerings Exhibit 47: IMERYS: Business segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 48: IMERYS: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 49: Mineral Technologies: Business segmentation 2015 Exhibit 50: Wyo-Ben: Product offerings

Ashapura, CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS, IMERYS, Mineral Technologies, Wyo-Ben, American Bentonite International, Bentonite Performance Minerals, Hi-Tech Minerals & Chemicals, Kutch Minerals, MidPoint Chemicals Company.