United States Antimony (UAMY)

United States Antimony Corporation produces and sells antimony, zeolite, and precious metals in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments: Antimony and Zeolite. The company offers antimony oxide that is primarily used in conjunction with a halogen to form a synergistic flame retardant system for plastics, rubber, fiberglass, textile goods, paints, coatings, and paper. It is also used as a color fastener in paints and as a phosphorescent agent in fluorescent light bulbs. Additionally, the company provides antimony trisulfide, which is used as a primer in ammunition, and antimony metal for applications in bearings, storage batteries, and ordnance. United States Antimony Corporation also offers coarse and fine zeolite for various applications, including soil amendment and fertilizer, water filtration, sewage treatment, nuclear waste and other environmental cleanup, odor control, gas separation, and animal nutrition. Zeolite is also used in catalysts, petroleum refining, concrete, solar energy and heat exchange, desiccants, pellet binding, horse and kitty litter, traction control, and ammonia removal from mining waste, as well as in floor cleaners and as carriers for insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides. In addition, the company recovers unrefined and refined gold and silver. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Dallas, Texas.