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In 1982, the total volume of extender and filler pigments consumed in seven key industries in the USA reached 6.8m tons valued at over $750m according to a recently completed survey and analysis by C. H. Kline & Co., marketing consultants. While the effects of the recession continued to impact individual markets in 1982, causing moderate declines for such major pigments as calcium carbonate and kaolin, total demand is forecast to reach $1.2 bn by 1987.