Top 6 Companies Driving the Global Industrial Garnet Market

As per the analysis by Expert Market Research, the global industrial garnet market attained a value of USD 287.90 Million in 2024 is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.50% in the forecast period of 2025-2034 to reach a value of around USD 593.37 Million by 2034.

Garnet exports from India and China are rapidly growing, and both the countries have a large share in the United States import market. Meanwhile, the highest consumption of garnet can be witnessed in the United States petroleum industry.

Silica is being replaced by garnet, specifically in the blast cleaning industry. Industrial garnet is also witnessing increased demand from the aluminium aircraft and shipbuilding industries for metal surface finishing and blast cleaning. This is driving the global industrial garnet market growth.

With the growing number of water treatment plants worldwide, the demand for garnets used in the water filtration industry is also rising. With technological advancements, many small and large players are concentrating on providing better quality and reliability of garnets for specific applications.

The global industrial garnet market has been growing rapidly owing to the improvements in sandblasting techniques across the manufacturing industry. Numerous industrial garnet applications have been crucial in developing profitable market potential. The surge in garnet usage is partly a result of an increase in the demand for gemstones.

A number of critical minerals and chemicals are in high demand in the industrial sector. One such material type that is employed in numerous industrial operations is garnet. Additionally, garnet is used mostly in the automobile, aerospace, and electronics industries at a certain point in the manufacturing process.

Latest Updates on Top Industrial Garnet Companies:

January 2025: The first findings of the industrial garnet processing study at Guardian Metal Resources plc, a strategic mineral exploration and development company specializing in tungsten in Nevada, the United States, were released. The company's flagship Pilot Mountain Project, which is owned by 100% of the company, is situated within the rich Walker Lake Mineral Belt in Nevada.

July 2024: Pure Resources Limited announced that is has signed an agreement to gain acquisition of the high-grade Reedy Creek Garnet Project in the Western Australia region. The project is acclaimed to be one of the rare commercial hard-rock garnet mines in the country.

September 2024: The introduction of ExtremeBlastTM to consumers in Australia and New Zealand was announced by GMA  Garnet Group, a world leader in abrasives. ExtremeBlastTM is the coarsest engineered mix abrasive in the wide-ranging GMA line, and it was created as a premium abrasive to effectively remove extremely thick coatings and provide surface profiles larger than 100 microns.

October 2024: Global abrasive provider GMA  Garnet Group announced the introduction of ToughBlastTM and ExtremeBlastTM to Asia Pacific consumers. The coarsest abrasives in the wide-ranging GMA line are ToughBlastTM and ExtremeBlastTM, which are designed as premium abrasives for the effective removal of thick coatings and provide surface profiles in excess of 90-100 microns.

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Top 6 Industrial Garnet Companies Worldwide:

1. GMA Garnet Group

GMA Garnet Group (GMA) is a well-respected global leader for industrial garnet. The company has been supplying the waterjet cutting and protective coating industries with garnet of the finest quality. Additionally, it provides safe garnet supplies, in-depth expert guidance, and a full line of premium abrasive materials for better, quicker results.

2. Trimex Sands Private Limited

The Trimex Group is a minerals business house with operations in sourcing, research and development, extraction, procurement, and delivery. It is India's leading speciality value chain provider for industrial minerals. Top oil drilling, ceramic, glass, energy, construction, steel, and fertiliser firms throughout the world receive products from Trimex such as Barite, Bentonite, Iron Ore, Feldspar, Bauxite, Ball Clay, and Kaolin. Through two strategic business units, the Group manages supplies for the minerals industry. The international business is managed by Dubai-based Trimex International. The Group’s operations in India are represented by Trimex Industries.

3. Barton International

The highest performing industrial garnet and mineral abrasives are provided by BARTON International. The company provides waterjet and blasting abrasives to address any issues with waterjet cutting, surface preparation, grinding, and polishing. BARTON waterjet abrasives, which were created specifically for waterjet cutting, are equally effective on thick steel or titanium as they are on composites, laminates, printed circuit boards, fibre-optic cables, and other delicate materials.

4. Rizhao Garnet Ltd

The hard rock garnet abrasives produced by Rizhao are of the finest quality and can satisfy even the most demanding industry standards thanks to comprehensive quality control that spans every stage of production. Both RZG Garnet (Almandine Garnet) and RZG Jadecut (Garnet Blend) have excellent hardness and density, sharp angular edges, are toxic-free and safe, have low salt contamination, are ferrite-free, and have low free silica.

5. Indian Ocean Garnet Sands Company Ltd.

Indian Ocean Garnet Sands Company Pvt.Ltd [IOGS] is a pioneer in the extraction, processing, and export of Almandine Garnet. For the past 40 years, it has produced glass and glass-related products along with metals and chemicals.

6. V.V. Mineral

Garnet sand (Super Garnet), rutile (PuRutile), zircon (OpaZr), silimanite, and ilmenite are the main products of V.V. Mineral. These materials are essential for a variety of applications in the steel industry, coating and paint industry, ceramics, refractories, ship construction, and cutting industry, among others. It is one of the largest and first private exporters of precious rare earth and industrial minerals, shipping around 700,000 tonnes of beach minerals annually.