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Imerys is the world leader in adding value to white minerals such as calcium carbonate and kaolin (china clay).
Our approach can be global, national, or regional, depending on the needs of our customers and their markets. We constantly develop better processes to turn basic mineral resources into high performance materials.
Imerys’ minerals are processed and refined to complement its customer’s production processes, improving the quality and raising the performance of customers products. Imerys can offer tailor-made solutions based on an in-depth understanding of the manufacturing process, production and business constraints of every market segment it serves.
Core Businesses
The Imerys Groups’ continued growth has been due to many factors, excellent mineral reserves, widely recognised technical and commercial expertise and an increasing presence throughout the world. These advantages have enabled Imerys to be highly competitive in each of its four core businesses: Performance & Filtration Minerals,(comprised of Performance Minerals and World Minerals), Pigments for Paper, Materials & Monolithics and Minerals for Ceramics, Refractories, Abrasives & Foundry – all have leadership positions in their chosen markets.
Many of Imerys’ customers are global companies, and our widespread and growing network has the capability to supply on a world-wide scale. As a group, Imerys has production units in all five continents, including major sites in the UK, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, USA, Australia, Brazil, Japan and China.
European Performance Minerals
The region served by “European Performance Minerals” covers Africa, Europe (West, Central and Eastern), The Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan. Products supplied include functional fillers and extenders based on calcium carbonate (marble, chalk whiting), kaolin (china clay), calcined kaolin (calcined clay), ball clay (secondary clay), dolomite, mica and feldspar.
Our customers work with us because we consistently provide technical solutions that benefit their businesses.
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Featured Case Study
Opacilite™ - A New Generation
high performance Opacifier
Opacilite™ is a high whiteness calcined kaolin produced by a revolutionary new rapid heating process. This patented 'flash calcination' technique creates large numbers of tiny sealed voids within the clay particles, resulting in outstanding opacifying properties and a low specific gravity... read more