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Gebze, Turkey

Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC)

Gebze, Turkey

This asset produces high whiteness, calcium carbonate (marble) fillers and extenders for paint, plastics, rubber sealants and adhesive applications.

Products Produced: ImerCarb™ Range

Lixhe, Belgium

Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC)

Lixhe, Belgium

This asset produces coated and uncoated calcium carbonate fillers and extenders for paint, plastics, rubber, sealants and adhesives

Products Produced: FilmLink™, Imerseal™, ImerCarb™, Carbital™, Aquacarb™

Gran Bianco, Italy

Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC)

Gran Bianco, Italy

This asset produces high whiteness, calcium carbonate (marble) fillers and extenders for for paint, plastics, rubber, sealants and adhesives

Products Produced: Carbital™ - Treated & untreated

Imerys Mineraux Tunisie

Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC)

Imerys Mineraux Tunisie

This asset produces coated and uncoated calcium carbonate fillers and extenders for paint, plastics, rubber, sealants and adhesives

Products Produced: Feria™, Feriaplast™

Kaolin de Bretagne

Kaolin, Mica and Feldspar

Kaolin de Bretagne

This asset produces kaolin (china clay), mica and feldspar products for paint, plastics, rubber, sealants and adhesives

Products Produced: Polwhite™ Range, Mica-Mu Range

Villers, France

Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC)

Villers, France

This asset produces coated and uncoated calcium carbonate fillers and extenders for paint, plastics, rubber, sealants and adhesives

Products Produced: Polcarb™ Range, Micronic™ Range

Axat, France

Dolomite (Calcium Magnesium Carbonate)

Axat, France

This asset produces dolomite for construction, coatings and plastics

Products Produced: Calcidol™, DRB™ Range

Beverley, UK

Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC)

Beverley, UK

This asset produces coated and uncoated calcium carbonate (chalk whiting) fillers and extenders for paint, plastics, rubber, sealants and adhesives

Products Produced: Polcarb™, Queensfil™, Carbital™ Ranges

Cornwall/Devon, UK

Kaolin, Calcined Kaolin (calcined clay) and Ball Clay

Cornwall/Devon UK

This region produces kaolin (china clay), calcined kaolin, ball clays for all Performance Minerals Industries. It is also the home of the Imerys European Technical centre and our Toll Processing operations.

Products Produced: Supreme™, Polwhite™, PoleStar™, Opacilite™ and Polarite™ ranges.

European Assets

With 7 minerals, 13 mining sites in Europe and more than 20 years of reserves on average, Imerys Performance Minerals has the largest, most diverse and geographically balanced set of industrial mineral deposits in Europe. European Asset Base Gebze, Turkey Lixhe, Belgium Gran Bianco, Italy Imerys Mineraux Tunisie Kaolin de Bretagne Villers, France Axat, France Beverley, UK Cornwall/Devon, UK

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