Abstract: Agglomerated products formed from particulate materials and binder formulations having low molecular weight polymers (of 500 g/mol to 50,000 g/mol) in an aqueous or emulsion form, or having a blend of low molecular weight aqueous polymer and high molecular weight (of 500,000 g/mol to 50,000,000 g/mol) emulsion polymers, wherein the polymers are formed from water soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers, or monomer blends, chosen from one or more of acrylic acid, acrylamide, maleic acid, allyl sulfonate, silanated and/or hydroxamated acrylamide, or 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS), are disclosed herein as well as processes for agglomerating a particulate materials, and use of the binding agents for forming same.