Exhibit 24.1

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph S. Koscinski with
full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to:

     (1)  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
          behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
          "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
          documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
          enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
          reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
          1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

     (2)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
          capacity as officer and/or director of PQ Group Holdings Inc. (the
          "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

     (3)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
          undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
          any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
          amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any
          stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (4)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
          foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
          benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
          undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
          attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
          of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
          conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
          fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 22nd day of February, 2019.

                                        /s/ Ray Kolberg
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                                        Ray Kolberg