Recovered Carbon Black

Birla Carbon will raise prices in its Specialty Materials division by up to 15 percent effective Oct. 1, citing significant and sustained increases in feedstock costs — a reminder of how exposed virgin carbon black is to volatile petrochemical feedstock markets.

Virgin carbon black is manufactured from heavy petroleum-based feedstocks, so its price tracks oil and gas markets. Recovered carbon black is different: it is produced from end-of-life tires through pyrolysis, transforming a steady stream of waste into a circular reinforcing material with a feedstock cost profile insulated from petrochemical swings.

Why Feedstock Volatility Matters

When virgin carbon black prices climb, the economics of recovered carbon black improve. Tire manufacturers, rubber compounders, and polymer producers seeking a price-stable, lower-carbon alternative can turn to rCB without absorbing the risk of oil-linked feedstock spikes.

Standardizing the Alternative

As recovered carbon black scales, independent verification programs are closing the quality gap that has slowed adoption, giving buyers the performance data they need to substitute rCB with confidence.

Learn More:

• Recovered Carbon Black Projects
• Circular rCB India — MCL
• Sustainable rCB India — GBE
• Tire Pyrolysis Projects
• rCB Feasibility Studies
• Turn-Key rCB EPC

Produce Price-Stable Recovered Carbon Black

As virgin carbon black feedstock costs climb, recovered carbon black made from waste tires offers a price-stable, circular alternative that insulates buyers from petrochemical volatility.

Klean Industries builds the plants that produce it, with eight recovered carbon black facilities delivered in India over the past two years and a signed letter of intent to supply five more.

Why Choose Klean Industries’ rCB Plants?

✅ Feedstock insulation — rCB produced from waste tires, not petrochemicals.
✅ Proven scale — eight rCB facilities built in two years.
✅ Turn-key EPC — one partner from design to commissioning.
✅ Bankable feasibility — economics validated before you commit.

Looking for a feedstock-insulated recovered carbon black source?

Contact Klean Industries about recovered carbon black » GO.